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.
Criticism of the Citizenship Amendment Act is not justified by facts, argues NANDALAL CHAKRABARTI.
Shah was addressing a poll rallly at Jamalpur for the BJP candidates of Purbasthali (North & South) Assembly constituencies in Burdwan (East) today.
“Didi (Mamata Banerjee) should introspect why people of Bengal are against her. It is because the law and order situation in Bengal has worsened, corruption is at its peak, people are fed up with 10 years of poor governance,” Shah said.
Das had visited chief minister Mamata Banerjee at her office in Assembly.
Amit Shah said the Modi government had in 2018 promised it will bring in a new citizenship law and kept it when the BJP was voted to power in 2019.
