The North East Students’ Organization (NESO), an umbrella body of eight student unions from northeastern states, has announced that December 11 will be observed annually as a 'black day' to express unwavering opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019.
Assam, a state rich in history and culture, is no stranger to civil unrest and protests rooted in deep-seated issues of identity, governance, and development.
Delhi-based women refugees from Pakistan tied rakhi to Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan here on Monday.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah, on Sunday, distributed citizenship certificates among 188 refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Ahmedabad.
The three youths who received the citizenship certificates at Bhopal from the CM are Rakhi Das and siblings Sanjana Melwani and Sameer Melwani.
At the outset, the Additional Advocate General Garima Prashad, representing the Uttar Pradesh government, informed the top court that the state government has come to the court with clean hands as it has withdrawn notices sent to the anti-CAA protesters to recover damages to the properties.
To ameliorate the tension prevailing amid the Matua community, members of which are distancing themselves from the BJP, Mr Ghosh assured that the BJP led Central government has already completed half the work required in the implementation of CAA- a long time demand of the Matuas.
Jamiat president Maulana Arshad Madani welcomed the announcement of withdrawal of the three farm laws and lauded the farmers for their "success".
"The Left Front has always taken a clear and strong stand in such issues. We clearly said that we are not ready to implement the Citizenship Act. Many made fun of us...but the stand we took then, are taking now and will take tomorrow is that the Citizenship Amendment Act will not be implemented here," the CM said.
“Our law is very clear on this issue. As per the Citizenship [Amendment] Act, 2019 passed by the Parliament on 11 December 2019 Indian citizenship will be granted only to persecuted religious minorities [non-Muslims] such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis or Christians from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh,” the VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal speaking to The Statesman said here.
