India’s Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019.
Presenting the Citizenship Amendment Bill, India’s Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah said that while no where does this bill target India’s minority community, but illegal immigrants would not be allowed to stay in the country at any cost.
Misconceptions are being spread about the bill that it is against any particular community, but this is a humanitarian step to grant citizenship to those who suffered for the last 70 years, the minister said.
What Does Citizenship Amendment Bill Do?
The Citizenship Amendment Bill seeks to grant Indian Citizenship to persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have migrated to India after facing persecution on grounds of religion in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, if they fulfil conditions for grant of citizenship.
