Winter Session
The Citizenship legislation seeks to grant Indian citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan if they have fled their respective country due to religious persecution.
National Conference MP Hasnain Masoodi said the government is under constitutional obligation to ensure Abdullah’s participation in the Parliament session.
From West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to BJP chief Amit Shah, here's what political leaders said about the quota bill.
The bill will amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 to grant Indian nationality to people from minority communities — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians — fleeing persecution from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
he bill, approved by the Union Cabinet on Monday, was brought in on the last day of the Winter Session of Lok Sabha.
TDP MP Naramalli Sivaprasad has been donning different avatars as a mark of protest, demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh.