Shiv Sena says ‘will vote against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill if placed in Rajya Sabha’
Sanjay Raut.
The Shiv Sena’s parliamentary party leader, Sanjay Raut, while speaking to a media outlet, has warned the Narendra Modi government that the party will vote against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 if it is taken up in the Rajya Sabha. Lok Sabha passed the bill, on January 8.
Raut said, “It is a political Bill, intended to serve electoral interests of the BJP. We are under no obligation to throw our weight behind it.”
“Every region has its own identity and an element of pride. That is why linguistic states were created. People of the northeast feel the bill (if it becomes a law) will change demographic character of the region,” he said further.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 allows Indian citizenship to immigrants belonging to six minority religion – Hindu, Sikh, Buddhists, Jains, and Parsis and Christians – from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan. This has triggered widespread protests in the northeastern state.
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