Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced in the Lok Sabha the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan escaping religious persecution there.
While 293 votes were in favour of the tabling of Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, only 82 votes were against the introduction of Bill in the house.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that we need the Citizenship Amendment Bill because Congress divided the country on the basis of religion. "In Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Parsis and Jains have been discriminated against. So this bill will give these persecuted people citizenship. Also, the allegation that this bill will take away the rights of Muslims is wrong," Amit Shah said in Lok Sabha.
Home Minister slammed opposition for objecting to the Citizenship Amendment Bill and asked why did Indira Gandhi not accommodate refugees from Pakistan, while she provided citizenship to Bangla refugees in 1971. "Was Indira Gandhi's move also unconstitutional?" Amit Shah asked.
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AIMIM chief took a jibe at Home Minister Amit Shah and said that his name will be in the league of Hitler. The remark led to an uproar in the house and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla eventually expunged it from the records.