-The Indian Express The BJP leaders, however, said they hope the Budget may be able to instill some confidence and arrest the current downward slide. While the BJP has publicly ratcheted up heat against CAA-NPR-NRC protests with an eye on Delhi elections, several responsible functionaries within the party and the government privately acknowledge that economic slowdown as the real concern. “The biggest fear is if growth doesn’t pick up, it will spill onto...
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CAA class at rally -Debraj Mitra
-The Telegraph Calcutta: Social scientist Partha Chatterjee on Wednesday took a class on the document-based citizenship drive and the need to oppose it at a demonstration near New Market that has been continuing for 10 days. “This kind of emotion among people who have never walked in political rallies — in all corners of the country — is something I have never seen in my life. I will say shabash (bravo),” said...
More »CAA rules: Applicants to be asked to submit proof of religion too -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express Assam’s demand for time-bound applications set to be accepted. Under the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, currently being drafted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), besides proving that they came to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan or Bangladesh before December 31, 2014, applicants will also have to submit ‘proof of religion’. According to a Home Ministry official, this can be done by producing any Indian government document — acquired...
More »CAA rules expected to seek 'proof of religion' -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu The draft CAA, 2019 rules are likely to seek documents from applicants that they entered India before December 31, 2014 and that they belong to the six religions exempted under the Act. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) rules are expected to seek “proof of religion” as mentioned in government records, a senior official of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday. The draft CAA, 2019, rules are likely to...
More »80 Muslim leaders quit BJP over CAA
-PTI The leaders dubbed the CAA as a 'divisive provision made on religious grounds' Indore: As many as 80 Muslim leaders of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh on Friday resigned from the primary membership of the party in protest over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, calling it a “divisive” measure. One of the leaders, Rajik Qureshi Farshiwala, said around 80 Muslim party men have resigned from the BJP’s primary membership after writing to the...
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