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After protests over CAA, NRC continue to make news headlines, this time it’s a fresh row over National Population Register (NPR) and what has highlighted this issue even more is the recent statement made by Arundhati Roy over NPR. Arundhati Roy is a well-known writer, Booker Prize winner and an activist.   In 2015, she had joined the league of writers and filmmakers who had returned their awards as a protest against the growing intolerance in the country. A case was filed against her, in 2010, for sedition for saying Kashmir was not an integral part of India. In her defence, Arundhati claimed that she "spoke about justice for the people of Kashmir who live under one of the most brutal military occupations in the world".  Read more:  How civil society, opposition & students responded to the CAA Roy, a booker prize winner, even accused the Narendra Modi-led government of "promoting Brahmanism" in the name of "Hindu Rasht...

Amidst growing uproar over the  Citizenship Amendment Act  across the country, the police on Saturday, arrested the Bhim army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, outside the Jama Masjid in Delhi. Though Azad was denied a permission to protest, he was spotted in a huge crowd which gathered in front of Jama Masjid after the Friday prayers. During the protest the dalit leader was seen holding the photograph of B R Ambedkar. Slogans of ‘Jai Bhim’ rang out from the steps of Jama Masjid. Recent crackdown by police officers on peaceful protesters is uncalled for in a healthy democracy. Earlier to this several protests and the subsequent arrest of the protesters took place in the National Capital region. Days have passed, however, the anger against the contentious law doesn’t seem to calm down. On Friday, eleven persons were killed in several clashes between protestors and police in parts of  Uttar Pradesh . Several other States which include Karnataka, West Bengal, Assa...

After a lot of hue and cry and widespread protests across the country over the   Citizenship Amendment Bill , the Supreme Court on Wednesday, refused to stay implementation of CAA and has scheduled January 22 to hear 59 pleas.  The bench issued notice to the Centre on the batch of pleas seeking stay on the operation of the law as well as on the main petition challenging the constitutional validity of the contentious law.  The amended citizenship bill which excludes migrants of the Muslim community from availing citizenship benefits in India, has continued to dominate headlines since past few days. Past precedents show, when a bill is passed in both the houses of parliament and gets SC’s nod, no State can refuse it’s implementation, no matter how much they oppose it and how many supporters they have backing their decision.   After the   CAB got presidential assent , flare-ups in premier educational institutions and north-eastern states re...

“ये तो सीधे-सीधे असम में वोटबैंक की राजनीति करने के लिए और पूरे देश में हिंदुओं का मसीहा बनने के लिए इस देश के संविधान के साथ खिलवाड़ है।” United Against Hate के द्वारा  NRC और CAB  के विरोध में आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में योगेंद्र यादव ने आगे बोला कि “सरकार की तरफ से कहते हैं कि ये बिल पाकिस्तान, बांग्लादेश और अफगानिस्तान में अल्पसंख्यकों को बचाने के लिए है। मैं कहता हूँ कि बिल्कुल कीजिए। बेशक इन देशों में अल्पसंख्यकों के साथ अन्याय हुआ है लेकिन केवल हिंदुओं के साथ नहीं हुआ है। और लोगों के साथ भी अन्याय हुआ है।“ Read more:  Why is there an uproar over Citizenship Amendment Bill? क्या है बिल में? संसद के दोनों सदनों, लोकसभा और राज्यसभा में  CAB  (नागरिकता संशोधन विधेयक) पास हो गया है। इस विधेयक के जरिए 64 वर्ष पूर्व के नागरिकता एक्ट में संशोधन किया गया। एक्ट के अनुसार बांग्लादेश, अफ़गानिस्तान और पाकिस्तान से भारत आए हुए शरणार्थियों, जो ग़ैर मुस्लिम हैं को नागरिकता दी जाएगी। सरलीकरण के जरिए नागरिकता के लिए निश्चित 12 वर्ष की अवधि को घटाकर 6 वर्ष कर दिया ग...

What actually is CAB, Citizenship Amendment Bill?    The  Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 , seeks to give citizenship rights to non-muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Bill seeks to amend the definition of illegal immigrants for Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist and Christian immigrants from these three countries who have lived in India without documentation.  The Bill has already been passed in Lower house of Parliament, though a lot of hue and cry was made by the opposition parties and social activists over its passage. If the bill is successfully passed in the Rajya Sabha, it will fast track the citizenship process as the duration will be reduced from 11 years to just six years.  Debates over the introduction of this Bill are making rounds on social media as few say it is against the interest of the minority Muslim community. However, Bhartiya Janta Party is firm on its stand as it maintains that...