{"id":27440,"date":"2019-12-12T18:01:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T18:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=27440"},"modified":"2019-12-12T18:01:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T18:01:52","slug":"india-citizenship-bill-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/india-citizenship-bill-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"India's CAB approved by 125 lawmakers despite protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

India’s parliament has approved a bill that grants citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three neighboring countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan), but excludes Muslims.<\/strong>
\nThe controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) brings massive changes to India’s 64-year-old citizenship law by giving citizenship to religious minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians, from the neighboring countries.
\nA day after clearing the lower house of parliament, the Citizenship Amendment Bill passed the upper house, with 125 members voting in its favor and 105 against it.<\/strong>
\nThe approval of the bill was received by full-on protests by the excluded minorities, raged and protest has since consumed the north-eastern states bordering Bangladesh.
\nModi’s government has released a statement saying Muslims from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan are excluded from the legislation because they do not face discrimination in those countries.
\nAlso left out of the Bill are other minorities from various regions fleeing political and religious persecution such as Tamils from Sri Lanka, Rohingya from Myanmar and Tibetans from China.<\/strong>
\nOpposition parties have issued a statement claiming the proposed law is unconstitutional as it bases citizenship on a person’s religion and would further marginalize India’s active Muslim community.
\nModi expressed his delight in the passing of the bill by sharing a tweet on Twitter.<\/a> India’s PM said it is a landmark day for India and the nation’s ethos of compassion and brotherhood.<\/strong>
\nAccording to Modi, this bill will alleviate the suffering of many who faced persecution over the years. He further expressed gratitude to all the lawmakers<\/a> who voted in favor of the Bill.<\/p>\n

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A landmark day for India and our nation\u2019s ethos of compassion and brotherhood!<\/p>\n

Glad that the #CAB2019<\/a> has been passed in the #RajyaSabha<\/a>. Gratitude to all the MPs who voted in favour of the Bill. <\/p>\n

This Bill will alleviate the suffering of many who faced persecution for years.<\/p>\n

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n