President Ram Nath Kovind, on Friday, signed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 into law after both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha passed the bill, earlier this week, amending the existing Citizenship Act of India.
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Two months after the Asom Gana Parishad walked out of an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the two parties have reunited and will fight the Lok Sabha election together.
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Meghalaya chief minister Conard Sangma is leading the charge against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which the Narendra government introduced and the Lok Sabha passed earlier this month.
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With protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 showing no signs of dying down in the northeast, the Centre is now seeking to allay public’s fears by saying that foreigners would not be granted Indian citizenship without the consent of state governments concerned.
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Central government is now facing backlash from its own party leaders in Assam against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which the Lok Sabha passed on January 8.
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Artists from various cultural spheres in Assam have joined hands to strong protest against the Indian Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP-led NDA government is pushing for.
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