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Either they were killed or they fled to India for shelter [ANI]<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shah says, CAB was in their manifesto and it is their duty to bring it in the House for discussion.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">No Muslim in India needs to worry due to this Bill. Don&#8217;t get scared if someone tries to scare you. &#8212; Home Minister<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Anand Sharma<\/strong> speaks on the Bill in opposition<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharma: It fails the morality test, it is divisive and discriminatory<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bill that you have brought is an assault on the very foundation of the Indian constitution, it is an assault on the Republic of India. It hurts the soul of India, Says Sharma [ANI]<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">JP Nadda speaking in favour of Citizenship Bill<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Bill is in national interest: Nadda<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Derek O Brien: I read that PM said this will be written in golden letters. I will tell you where it will be written, it will be written on the grave of the father of the nation, but which father of the nation? In Karachi, on Jinnah&#8217;s grave [ANI]<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">RCP Singh, JDU in Rajya Sabha: We support this bill. The bill is very clear, it gives citizenship to persecuted minorities from three of our neigbouring countries, but here debate is being done on our Indian Muslim brothers.[ANI]<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>P. Chidambaram<\/strong> speaks on the Bill.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chidambaram:<\/strong> Ultimately the non-elected people i.e. the lawyers, judges will be deciding on the Bill and it is a question on the Parliament.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chidambaram:<\/strong> This government is ramming through this Bill to advance its Hindutva agenda. This is a sad day. I am absolutely clear that this law will be struck off. [ANI]<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena speaks on the Bill. &#8220;We don&#8217;t need to prove our nationalism&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Satish Chandra Mishra of BSP Speaks in opposition to the Bill.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Praful Patel of NCP is now speaking.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bill is being passed in a hurry -Praful Patel<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kapil Sibal speaks on the Bill.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sibal: I request you Home Minister &#8220;rise above the politics!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sibal: They are targeting a community without naming it<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Bill is not tenable-Sibal<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those who have no idea of India cannot protect the idea of India -Kapil Sibal<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sanjay Singh of AAP Party opposes the Bill.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">D Kupendra Reddy, JD(S): <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">This Bill will be dilution of our secularism policy in this country. I strongly oppose this Bill. I recommend that the Bill be sent to a select committee of Parliament for scrutiny.[ANI]<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Home Minister:<\/strong> Neither CAB is anti-Muslim, nor abrogation of Article 370 is anti-Muslim, Triple Talaq Bill is not anti-Muslim either. Triple Talaq is the Bill to give rights to crores of Muslim women in the country. [ANI]<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">CAB won&#8217;t hurt the citizenship of the Muslims.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>CAB won&#8217;t be referred to Select Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament passes the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 today. The Bill has been passed with a majority of 125. 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