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Pakistan PM Imran Khan goes on a deranged rant to oppose the passage of CAB in Lok Sabha, invokes ‘bilateral agreements’

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan goes on a deranged rant to oppose the passage of CAB in Lok Sabha, invokes ‘bilateral agreements’

The abrogation of Article 370 has had a detrimental effect on the mental faculties of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. After losing his mind and dignity over the invalidation of the special status of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan PM Imran Khan has now gone on to a bizarre rant to condemn the Citizenship Amendment Bill that was passed in the lower house of the Indian parliament yesterday midnight.


Condemning the citizenship legislation that passed with 311 votes in favour of the bill, Pakistan PM Imran Khan posted a tweet asserting that the enactment “violates all norms of international human rights law and bilateral agreements with Pakistan”. He further insinuated that the bill was a part of the “RSS Hindu Rashtra design of expansionism propagated by the fascist Modi government”.

Read: Mother of all ironies: Pakistan PM Imran Khan wants to ‘teach’ Modi government how to treat minorities

One was left to wonder which bilateral agreements with Pakistan was he speaking of since in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370, a fuming Khan had severed ties with India, suspended bilateral trade and close airspace for Indian flights. He also declared that he will call its high commissioner back and expel India’s envoy to Pakistan.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, in order to grant Indian nationality to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians, who come to India because of religious persecution in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan even if they do not possess proper documents.

Read: From wanting modern day ‘Mahatma’ to fast unto death, to ‘everyone is a piece of shit, ‘Liberals’ lose their mind opposing CAB

The gaping contradiction in Khan’s arguments was also highlighted many netizens who took a swipe at the Pakistani Prime Minister’s inadequate understanding of the issue.

Popular BJP leader Kapil Mishra took a dig at Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, asking him to table a similar bill in Pakistan for those who live under constant threat in India.


Political analyst and psephologist Yashwant Deshmukh mocked Imran for the inherent irony of his tweet wondering aloud if the Pakistanis are considering the concept of ‘Akhand Bharat” more seriously than the RSS supporters.


Another Twitter user Sankrant Sanu asserted that Pakistan PM Imran Khan might be himself seeking an asylum in India once the Pakistani army dumps him and therefore he is upset with the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha.


Union Home Minister Amit Shah yesterday tabled the much-debated Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 in the Lok Sabha. After extended deliberation over the provisions of the bill, the legislation was passed around the midnight with 311 MPs voting in favour of the bill while 80 members rejected it.

Imran Khan was not the only one who had a meltdown over the passage of the bill. Assorted liberals had a hard time digesting the fact that the lower house of the Indian Parliament has passed the bill with an overwhelming majority. One scaremonger, Harsh Mander, also known for playing an instrumental rule in instituting the prejudiced hate tracker, claimed that if the bill gets passed and becomes a law, he will declare himself as a Muslim, though through his actions he is already one.

BHU: SVDV students finally vindicated, Dr Firoze Khan resigns, will join Arts faculty to teach Sanskrit

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BHU: SVDV students finally vindicated, Dr Firoze Khan resigns, will join Arts faculty to teach Sanskrit

Dr Firoze Khan, the Muslim assistant professor whose appointment at the Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan (SVDV) faculty in BHU had created a furore among the students recently, has finally resigned from the Hindu religious faculty and is set to join the Sanskrit language department under the Arts faculty, as per reports.

While the protests over the appointment of Dr Firoze Khan in the SVDV faculty are still on and some student groups are now considering a ‘fast unto death’ over the unethical and allegedly corrupt decision to appoint a non-Hindu to a faculty that teaches Hindu religious scriptures and Dharmic rituals, sources have informed OpIndia that Dr Firoze Khan has resigned from the SVDV faculty late on Monday night.

As per sources, he is set to join soon in the Sanskrit language department under the faculty of Arts.

Read: BHU researcher’s detailed interview: 26 OBC Hindus disqualified to favour Firoze Khan, corruption should be investigated

A formal announcement by the SVDV faculty has been made notifying the students that the concerned assistant professor has resigned and they can now resume their academic activities.

It is notable here that amidst the students protest over his appointment, Khan had appeared for an interview in the Ayurveda department and the Sanskrit language department under the Arts faculty recently. As per reports, Khan had been selected in both departments.

The chief proctor of the BHU had met the protesting students on Monday. There he had informed that it will be up to Khan to join another department if he is selected. He had also stated that the executive committee will see to it that if selected, Dr Khan is provided with the appointment letter as soon as possible. He had requested the protesting students to have patience.

Keeping the anger of students and the ongoing protests in view, the university administration had clarified that the exams scheduled on December 10 have been postponed.

OpIndia has gathered from sources in the campus that Dr Khan was unwilling to join the Ayurveda department and hence he might have preferred the Sanskrit language department under the Arts faculty to join.

As per the latest updates, the SVDV faculty has confirmed to the protesting students that Dr Firoz Khan has resigned from the post of an assistant professor from the faculty. The authorities have requested the protesting students to stop their agitation and resume their academic activities.

Notice from the SVDV faculty confirming Dr Khan’s resignation and asking students to resume academic activities

OpIndia has confirmed from ground sources that the students of the SVDV faculty have now decided to stop protests and resume their academic activities in the faculty.

USCIRF, the commission that recommended denial of US visa to Modi, threats US sanctions against Amit Shah if CAB is passed

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USCIRF, the commission that recommended denial of US visa to Modi, threats US sanctions against Amit Shah if CAB is passed

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a US federal government commission has raised concerns over India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill that was passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday. The commission has issued a notice, stating that it will recommend the US government to consider sanctions against the Indian Home Minister Amit Shah and other principal leadership.

It is notable here that the USCIRF is the same body that had recommended the US government not to approve a tourist Visa for PM Narendra Modi after the Gujarat riots when he was the CM of the state.

USCIRF notification against the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in 2008

The USCIRF notification states that The CAB enshrines a pathway to citizenship for immigrants that specifically excludes Muslims, setting a legal criterion for citizenship based on religion.

Read: Shashi Tharoor cheers for foreign interference, calls resolution on Kashmir in US House of Congress an ‘admirable effort’

“The CAB is a dangerous turn in the wrong direction; it runs counter to India’s rich history of secular pluralism and the Indian Constitution, which guarantees equality before the law regardless of faith”, it states.

It also says that in conjunction with the NRC in Assam and the nationwide NRC proposed by Amit Shah, the USCIRF fears that the Indian government is creating a “religious test for Indian citizenship that would strip citizenship from millions of Muslims”.

However, the USCIRF has slyly forgotten to mention that NRC is directed against illegal immigrants, and not against the genuine Muslim citizens of India.

Read: Explained: How Citizenship Amendment Bill embraces the history of India

Ironically, the USCIRF identifies itself as an “independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the U.S. Congress to monitor, analyze and report on threats to religious freedom abroad.”

Despite being the self-proclaimed watcher of ‘threats to religious freedom abroad’ the USCIRF has failed to acknowledge that India’s CAB aims to help the religiously persecuted minorities in its neighbourhood Muslim-majority nations, where Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and even Christians are facing the worst forms of abuse, harassment and state-sanctioned oppression.

Read: ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism’, ‘Border security’ highlighted in the ‘Howdy, Modi!’ as US President gives Kashmir, Article 370 a miss

It is notable here that several US lawmakers and organisations had also made a lot of noise over India’s move to abrogate Article 370 in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. However, India had sent a firm message internationally to all nations to refrain from meddling in India’s internal affairs. A resolute India had communicated firmly that it will no longer bow down to such pressure tactics.

“Salam Alaikum Harshuddin Miyan”: Netizens react as ‘activist’ Harsh Mander decides to ‘register’ himself as Muslim if CAB is passed

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“Salam Alaikum Harshuddin Miyan”: Netizens react as ‘activist’ Harsh Mander decides to ‘register’ himself as Muslim if CAB is passed

Controversial journalist Barkha Dutt may have found her answer in ‘activist’ Harsh Mander. As Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was tabled in the Parliament yesterday, Dutt called for a modern day Mahatma to come forward and ‘fast unto death’. ‘Activist’ Harsh Mander has now come as her ‘Mahatma in shining ainak (glasses)’.

Taking to Twitter, Harsh Mander said that as part of his ‘civil disobedience’ he will officially register himself as a Muslim (as against conversion, we wonder how that would work) if the CAB is passed.


Harsh Mander said he would refuse to submit any document with regard to NRC and will “demand the same punishment as any undocumented Muslim – detention centre & withdrawn citizenship” from government for being a ‘registered’ Muslim. He urged others to join him in his ‘civil disobedience’.

Read: ‘Activist’ Harsh Mander weaves a web of lies to scaremonger about NRC and Foreigners Tribunals in Assam

Following his bizarre activism, twitterati could not control themselves from mocking Mander and his pointless activism.


Some even mistook his activism as real and thought he meant embracing Islam when he meant being a ‘registered’ Muslim (we still wonder what that would mean) and offered him help to convert.


Others were quite encouraging.


While others had amusing, yet legit, questions.


While many were able to see through his agenda.


The Lok Sabha on the intervening night of 9th and 10th December passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill tabled by Home Minister Amit Shah. The same is expected to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, 11th December.

Congress’ new ally Shiv Sena votes for Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha

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Congress’ new ally Shiv Sena votes for Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha

In an amusing turn of events, newly minted Congress ally Shiv Sena has voted for the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha late last night. Following a day-long debate, the Bill was passed on the intervening night between 9th and 10th December 2019. The debate on the bill went on for the whole day, and the voting took place after midnight, as the Lok Sabha session continued after 12 AM to the next day. 311 MPs of Lok Sabha voted for it, while 80 voted against it in the division of votes that took place just after midnight.

Votes for Citizenship Amendment Bill

All 18 Shiv Sena MPs in the Lok Sabha voted for the Bill. This support to BJP comes days after the party broke its alliance with the BJP in Maharashtra to form government with Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress in the state. Shiv Sena’s Vinayak Raut said that while the party supports the bill, the ‘burden of accepting refugees’ will have to be calculated. He even invoked Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray and said that he always advocated expulsion of illegal immigrants and giving preference to the sons-of-the-soil.

Read: From Nehru-Liaquat Pact to Rohingyas: Here are the most important takeaways from Amit Shah’s reply on CAB

Shiv Sena also said that they supported the CAB in ‘interest of the nation’.


Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant while speaking to NDTV said that the party has supported the CAB in interest of the nation. He further added that the common minimum programme is valid for Maharashtra.

Read: Watch: Home Minister Amit Shah slays Congress and Shiv Sena during the Citizenship Amendment Bill debate in Lok Sabha

The Congress voted against the passage of Bill in Lok Sabha last night.

From Nehru-Liaquat Pact to Rohingyas: Here are the most important takeaways from Amit Shah’s reply on CAB

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From Nehru-Liaquat Pact to Rohingyas: Here are the most important takeaways from Amit Shah’s reply on CAB

On Monday night, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke on the floor of the Parliament again in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Bill before the Parliament voted on the Bill. It was ultimately passed by the Lower House of the Parliament with 311 votes in favour and 80 against. During his speech, he again reiterated that the Bill by no means violates Article 14 of the Indian Constitution. Here are the most important takeaways from Amit Shah’s reply on the floor of the House.

The Nehru-Liaquat Pact

Home Minister again reiterated that India was partitioned on the basis of religion. Most significantly, Amit Shah brought up the Nehru-Liaquat Pact and said that only India had adhered to the resolutions adopted in the said pact. Through the pact, India and Pakistan had promised to take care of its respective religious minorities. He asserted that non-Muslims in the Islamic States of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan have to suffer immense persecution for their faith. He also said that the percentage of Hindus living in Pakistan has fallen significantly since 1947.

International Convention on Refugees

Home Minister Amit Shah also pointed out that India had not ratified any international convention on refugees and as such, international laws on refugees were not binding upon India as a sovereign country. He also said that India had never accepted any refugee policy.

On Rohingyas

Home Minister Amit Shah stated clearly that India will never ever accept Rohingyas as citizens in the country.

On Trinamool Congress

Home Minister Amit Shah also called out Abhishek Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress. He said, “Abhishek Banerjee today mentioned Tagore, Vivekananda and Bankim Babu in his statement. But could anyone at the time of Bankim Babu that in Bengal today one would have to go to court for Durga Visarjan?” Amit Shah also said that contrary to what Abhishek Banerjee claims, the CAB and the NRC are not ‘traps’. It’s a ‘trap’ only for those who wish to pursue a policy of vote-bank politics.

On the Congress Party

Amit Shah also taunted the Congress party by saying that in Kerala, it’s in an alliance with the Indian Union Muslim League and in Maharashtra, it’s allying with Shiv Sena. He had earlier reiterated the fact that the Congress party had accepted the partition of the country on a religious basis.


Amit Shah also told Shashi Tharoor that during the Congress regime, on numerous occasions, citizenship was awarded to people on the basis of religion and that was because the country itself was partitioned on the basis of religion.

Not a single illegal immigrant will remain in India

The Union Home Minister also asserted that the Modi 2.0 government will bring the Nationwide NRC and not a single illegal immigrant will be allowed to live in India.

PoK belongs to India

Amit Shah also asserted multiple times during his speech that PoK belongs to India and India considers it as its own territory that has been illegally occupied by Pakistan. Initially, he mentioned that India shares a 106 km long border with Afghanistan. When opposition leaders objected saying the border is in PoK and not in India, he asserted that if they do not consider PoK as a part of India, it is their problem.

Later, responding to Dyanidhi Maran’s allegation that the Indian government is concerned only about the land of PoK and not its people, Amit Shah stated that he does not know the reality. The Home Minister reminded him that to this day, 24 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly are reserved for the representation of the people in PoK.

At the stroke of midnight, as Lok Sabha passed Citizenship Amendment Bill, ‘seculars’ can’t keep calm

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At the stroke of midnight, as Lok Sabha passed Citizenship Amendment Bill, ‘seculars’ can’t keep calm

At the stroke of midnight, when the world slept, the Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). Well, not really at the stroke of midnight, but you get the drift. As most savoured the moment, the self-proclaimed seculars and self-appointed custodians of the ‘secular fabric of the nation’ took to Twitter to let the world know of the ‘impending doom’ that awaits India.

People started blaming their insomnia on passing of Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha.


Former politician turned full-time protestor Shehla Rashid had more gems up her sleeves.


Most delightful tweet. Jinnah propagated the two-nation theory and wanted a separate country for Muslims. Rashid wants those who passed the CAB to own up to it rather than ‘deflecting’ the blame on ‘imaginary characters’. One is not able to decide whether she meant Jinnah is a figment of our imagination.

Read: Jinnah sympathisers tacitly support two-nation theory under the garb of ‘secularism’, and India can’t have that

Someone then asked her if her tweet was sarcastic, because these days one can’t really be too sure. To that, Rashid said most certainly not.


Suddenly Jinnah then becomes the ‘Muslim guy’ who shouldn’t be blamed. Well, whether he is ‘imaginary character’ or just a ‘Muslim guy’ who shouldn’t be blamed, one can’t really take away the credit from him for creating the monster of a country called Pakistan.

Read: The conduct of ‘Secular’ parties on CAB shows there’s no difference between them and Muslim communal parties

Part-time actor and full-time Twitter activist Swara Bhasker tweeted how she does not want her ‘hard earned money as taxpayer’ to be spent funding this ‘bigoted NRC/CAB project’.

Bhasker is a JNU alumnus and campaigned for former JNU alumnus Kanhaiya Kumar during the 2019 general elections. Kumar was accused of chanting ‘tukde tukde’ slogans in February 2016 on Parliament attack accused terrorist Afzal Guru’s birth anniversary, proclaiming how with every Guru hanged, more Afzal Gurus will take birth to break India.

Senior journalists used the opportunity to get retweets and increase their visibility.


And some didn’t think twice before displaying their lack of general knowledge. One Twitter user who identifies herself as a journalist tried to take a dig at HM for pointing out dwindling population of minorities, especially Hindus in neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh. For that he quoted figures of Bangladesh from 1947 (India’s independence) and 2011. The Hindu (publication) journalist pointed out how Bangladesh was created in 1971.


Well, while it is indeed true that Bangladesh was ‘created’ in 1971, it was known as ‘East Pakistan’ as it was part of our not so friendly neighbour on the west. Their ignorance is embarrassing.

Read: The ‘lynched’ man for whom Harsh Mander’s ‘Karwan e Mohabbat’ did a spontaneous ‘fund collection’ comes back alive

Saving the best for the last. Harsh Mander, who weaves web of lies to scaremonger about the NRC and Foreigners Tribunals in Assam in his free time, has decided to ‘declare himself to be Muslim’ in solidarity with Muslims and will also boycott the NRC.


One does not really know how ‘declaring’ oneself as Muslim will help Rohingyas or Pakistani Muslims who may not be given Indian citizenship. Harshuddin Mandrullah. Most enjoyable.

Watch: Home Minister Amit Shah slays Congress and Shiv Sena during the Citizenship Amendment Bill debate in Lok Sabha

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Watch: Home Minister Amit Shah slays Congress and Shiv Sena during the Citizenship Amendment Bill debate in Lok Sabha

Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a witty one-liner took on Congress and Shiv Sena during the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) debate in the Lok Sabha last evening. During the discussion on the CAB, the opposition parties, which claim to be ‘secular’ raised objections over the alleged lack of secularism of the CAB. Shutting them down in one single line, Shah pointed out the hypocrisy of Congress over its alleged secularism.


Shah said, “Desh ki janta ko kehna chahta hoon Congress ek aisi bin sampradayik party hai ki Kerala mein Muslim League inki partner hai aur Maharashtra mein Shiv Sena partner hai. Maine aisi bin sampradayik party mere jeevan mein nahin dekhi. I would like to tell the citizens of India that Congress is one such ‘secular’ party that in Kerala, they are partners with Muslim League and in Maharashtra, they are partners with Shiv Sena.” The hall erupted in a roar of laughter following his comment.

Read: The conduct of ‘Secular’ parties on CAB shows there’s no difference between them and Muslim communal parties

Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala is a state party and a major member of the opposition United Democratic Front along with the Congress. When the reports of Congress and NCP forging alliance with Shiv Sena emerged in Maharashtra following 24 October verdict, reports were doing rounds that Congress in Kerala was apprehensive of joining hands with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra as it would harm its prospects as they are partners with the Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala. They thought the alliance with Shiv Sena which perpetrates ‘toxic Hindutva’ would harm the party’s ‘secular image’. This especially when Congress’ on-again-off-again former President Rahul Gandhi is now an MP from Wayanad in Kerala as he lost his Amethi seat to BJP’s Smriti Irani in 2019 elections.

At the stroke of midnight

The Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed on the midnight between 9th and 10th December 2019, after a daylong debate. The bill, which was earlier passed by the earlier Lok Sabha but had lapsed as it could not be passed in Rajya Sabha before the 2019 general elections, was re-tabled at the lower house of the parliament on December 9. 311 MPs of Lok Sabha voted for it, while 80 voted against it in the division of votes that took place just after midnight.

Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by Lok Sabha in midnight voting

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Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by Lok Sabha in midnight voting

The Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed on the midnight between 9th and 10th December 2019, after a daylong debate. The bill, which was earlier passed by the earlier Lok Sabha but had lapsed as it could not be passed in Rajya Sabha before the 2019 general elections, was re-tabled at the lower house of the parliament on December 9.

The debate on the bill went on for the whole day, and the voting took place after midnight, as the Lok Sabha session continued after 12 AM to the next day. 311 MPs of Lok Sabha voted for it, while 80 voted against it in the division of votes that took place just after midnight.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill seeks to give citizenships to religiously persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. People belonging to Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Sikhs, Parsi or Christian communities from these three countries who had come to India before 2014 can apply for Indian citizenship after the bill becomes law.

The bill has received stiff opposition from opposition parties, who are saying that the bill is discriminatory against Muslims as it does not give citizenship to Muslims from the 3 countries. The bill is being opposed in Assam and other North-Eastern states also, but for a different reason. Several organisations in NE states are protesting against giving citizenship to illegal immigrants belonging to any religion as they fear that it will alter the demographic profile of the region.

Passing the bill in Lok Sabha was the easy step, but the government will face some hurdle in Rajya Sabha where it does not have majority. But still, it is expected that the bill will get the consent of the upper house also as non-NDA parties like AIADMK and BJD are expected to vote for the bill.

After spewing venom against Amit Shah, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi tears copy of CAB in Lok Sabha

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After spewing venom against Amit Shah, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi tears copy of CAB in Lok Sabha

As a part of his ongoing tirade against the Central government over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019, which seeks to amend the six-decade-old Citizenship Act, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the bill is aimed at making Muslims “stateless” and will lead to another partition.

Owaisi invoked Mahatma Gandhi saying that he was called Mahatma after he tore the discriminatory citizenship card in South Africa, and then the Hyderabad MP, in a dramatic interlude, ripped the copy of the bill to highlight his protest.


This is an insult to India’s freedom-fighters, he said, accusing the BJP-led government of working to marginalise Muslims in the country.

“The bill is against the Constitution… It is a conspiracy to make Muslims stateless,” Owaisi said, questioning the government as to why it had not included countries like China, which occupies parts of India and other countries. “Are you afraid of China?” he asked.

His dramatic protest, however, invited sharp reactions from the treasury benches which described this act an “insult” to Parliament.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday tabled the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019, in Lok Sabha. The amended bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan escaping religious persecution there.

Since the time the Citizenship Amendment Bill has been brought up for discussion in the Lok Sabha’s winter session, the AIMIM chief has been continuing his tirade against the Modi government. Amid strong protests and sloganeering from Opposition leaders, Owaisi today compared HM Amit Shah to Hitler.

Continuing his spiteful rants against Modi government and the CAB, Owaisi asked the speaker to save the country from such a law and save the Home Minister also. ‘Otherwise, like in Nuremberg race laws and Israel’s citizenship act, Home Minister’s name will be featured with Hitler and David Ben-Gurion, said Owaisi in the Lok Sabha.

Hitting out at the central government Owaisi had recently rehashed that if CAB is implemented it “will make India Israel.”

Owaisi had earlier in another veiled attack said that the Modi government was “reviving two-nation theory” and would “dishonour our freedom fighters” if the Bill was passed.

Nobody really knows what Owaisi’s rationale is considering that India is not making any laws against its Muslim citizens. India is not obligated to give citizenship to Muslims from Islamic nations. The CAB is aimed at giving citizenship to persecuted minorities from Islamic nations like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Unless Owaisi believes the theory of ‘Ummah’ and that all Muslims of the world belong to the same nation based on religion, one is hard-pressed to understand this line of attack.

Meanwhile, after an intense debate on the legal and constitutional merits of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, the Lok Sabha had voted in favour of the introduction of the bill in the parliament. The proposal to introduce the bill in the parliament passed with 293 members of Lok Sabha voting Aye and 82 members voting No.

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