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Union Cabinet Clears the Citizenship Amendment Bill

  • On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet cleared the Citizenship Amendment Bill for Parliament to take over. 
     
  • The Parliament will take up the bill next week which will be tabled in Lok Sabha for clearance.
     
  • This bill will grant citizenship to all non-Muslims refugees who faced religious persecution in Pak, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.

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  • In the meeting Rajnath Singh said, the 3 neighboring countries were essentially Islamic nations and so it is non-Muslims who face religious oppression there.
     
  • Criticizing this decision Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, "I am opposed to the Bill as it is fundamentally against the tenets of democracy."