The Court, however, kept in abeyance the ₹50,000 costs imposed on him by the Rajasthan High Court after he expressed regret and undertook not to pursue such proceedings again.
young immigrant from Chattagram in Bangladesh, currently residing in East Burdwan, was granted Indian citizenship by the Ministry of Home Affairs, according to the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, on Saturday.
At a Sindhi community event in Delhi, Rajnath Singh recalled LK Advani’s writings on Sindh’s cultural links with India, saying borders can change. He also defended the CAA as a measure to support persecuted minorities from neighbouring countries.
In an affidavit, the police described the riots as a “deep-rooted, premeditated, and orchestrated conspiracy,” asserting that they were timed to coincide with the visit of the then US President Donald Trump to India.
Senior Trinamul Congress leader and Bongaon Municipality chairman Gopal Seth has today alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is misleading people on the issue of citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), triggering a fresh war of words in politically sensitive North 24-Parganas district.
The state Cabinet, which met here on Wednesday, decided to explore legal options to challenge the Centre government’s framing of rules to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act(CAA), 2019 in the country.
Criticising the repeated statement of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the congress leader said the states had little role in implementing the divisive CAA.
In neighbouring Assam, there were protests by student groups and Opposition parties against the act which was notified by the Centre recently.
He also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for notifying the CAA.
If somebody has Aadhaar card, voter card then how can they be called an outsider,” she asked. She was addressing a gathering after handing over different benefits under various state-run schemes at Banipur Maidan in Habra in North 24-Parganas this afternoon.
