The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed parliament on Wednesday Dec 11,2019 after
being cleared by the Rajya Sabha with 125 voting for it and 99 against,
amid violent protests in several parts of the Northeast
The Rajya Sabha rejected a motion to send the bill to a select committee of the House with 125 members voting against it as compared to 99 in its favour after a six-and-a-half-hour debate
The house also rejected several amendments moved by opposition members to the bill, most by voice vote.
The bill will now go to the President for his assent.
The controversial legislation was cleared by the Lok Sabha on Monday Dec 09,2019 where the NDA Govt have absolute majority
The ruling BJP does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha but managed the numbers needed to pass the bill
Tabled in both the houses by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the bill has been slammed by rights groups as well as opposition parties on the grounds that it discriminates against Muslim migrants and violates the constitutional right to equality
Opposition leaders claim that the bill can never survive judicial scrutiny and are expected to challenge it in the Supreme Court
Besides the constituents of the BJP-led national Democratic Alliance or NDA such as the Janata Dal United (JD-U), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and AIADMK, the legislation was supported by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Telugu Desam Party (TDP), YSR-Congress and independents.
The Rajya Sabha rejected a motion to send the bill to a select committee of the House with 125 members voting against it as compared to 99 in its favour after a six-and-a-half-hour debate
The house also rejected several amendments moved by opposition members to the bill, most by voice vote.
The bill will now go to the President for his assent.
The controversial legislation was cleared by the Lok Sabha on Monday Dec 09,2019 where the NDA Govt have absolute majority
The ruling BJP does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha but managed the numbers needed to pass the bill
Tabled in both the houses by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the bill has been slammed by rights groups as well as opposition parties on the grounds that it discriminates against Muslim migrants and violates the constitutional right to equality
Opposition leaders claim that the bill can never survive judicial scrutiny and are expected to challenge it in the Supreme Court
Besides the constituents of the BJP-led national Democratic Alliance or NDA such as the Janata Dal United (JD-U), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and AIADMK, the legislation was supported by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Telugu Desam Party (TDP), YSR-Congress and independents.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, which broke its alliance with
the BJP in Maharashtra last month, walked out of the Rajya Sabha ahead
of voting on the bill. The regional party had supported the legislation
in the Lok Sabha, saying that it was in the "larger interests of the
country"
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