Tag: Citizenship bill

India citizenship law protests spread across campuses

NEW DELHI – Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses on Monday as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with the country’s founding as a secular republic. Students pelted stones at police who locked […]

Citizenship Act, NRC weapons of mass polarisation: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Dec 16: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday termed the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens as “weapons of mass polarisation” unleashed by fascists on India and said the best defence against them is peaceful satyagraha. Gandhi said he stands in solidarity with those […]

Northeastern allies of BJP to meet Tuesday in Guwahati against Citizenship Bill

Guwahati/Shillong/Aizawl : Regional parties across the Northeast which are in alliance with the BJP will meet in Guwahati on Tuesday to put forth their objections to the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill. They will be joined by the JD(U), NDA’s major ally in Bihar, and the AGP, which recently snapped […]

Citizenship bill: Mizoram body calls for R-Day boycott

Aizawl :  Mizoram’s NGO Coordination Committee, an umbrella organisation of civil societies and students’ bodies, has called for a boycott of the Republic Day celebrations in the state in protest against the citizenship bill, the committee’s chairman Vanlalruata said. In a press statement issued after a meeting of the […]

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