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(Marxist) general secretary Tconfrontation between the Senior Home Ministry Veteran Congress leader Sitaram Yechury said in a tweet. 7(&84 Opposition and the Treasury Officials said the Inner Line and three-time Assam Chief Defence Minister Rajnath Benches in Parliament next Permit (ILP) regime areas and Minister Tarun Gogoi said the Singh on Tuesday had asked t least 18 Indians were week when the Government those regions which are gov- Congress will move the party MPs to be present in large Aamong 23 people killed tables the controversial erned under the Sixth Schedule Supreme Court against the numbers in Parliament when and over 130 injured in a hor- Citizenship (Amendment) Bill of the Constitution will be CAB which is “unconstitu- the Bill is tabled. This Bill is as rific LPG tanker blast that which aims to provide citizen- excluded from the purview of tional” and “divisive”. “The important as the move to nul- destroyed a ceramic factory in ship to non-Muslim refugees the Bill. In terms of Section 2 Congress will move the SC lify Article 370, he had said. Sudan, the Indian mission said from Pakistan, Bangladesh and of the Bengal Eastern Frontier because we believe that CAB is The draft legislation is here on Wednesday. Afghanistan. The Union Regulations, 1873, the Inner unconstitutional and against expected to sail through Lok Sixteen Indians were miss- Cabinet on Wednesday Line Permit system is prevalent the spirit of secularism. It is Sabha, where the BJP has a ing after the incident that hap- approved the Bill, which was in Arunachal Pradesh, divisive, and violates the con- majority, and is unlikely to face pened at Seela Ceramic Factory termed as “communal” and Mizoram and Nagaland. stitutional provision - equality serious hurdles in Rajya Sabha in Bahri area in the Sudanese “divisive” by the Opposition Citizens of other States require for all. There cannot be division as the ruling party has often capital Khartoum on Tuesday. parties, who plan to challenge ILP for visiting these three on basis of religion, caste or managed the support of parties The blaze sent large plumes it in the Supreme Court. States. Under the Sixth creed,” he said in a tweet. like the BJD, TRS and YSR of black smoke into the sky of Briefing the media after the Schedule of the Constitution, The All India United Congress for its flagship agen- the northern part of the in with the workers and their Cabinet meeting, Union autonomous councils and dis- Democratic Front, has written da. northeastern African country’s families,” he tweeted. Minister Prakash Javadekar tricts were created in tribal a letter to Shah, requesting him The CAB was an election capital. “As per latest reports, The Indian Embassy on said the Government has taken areas in Assam, Meghalaya not to introduce the CAB in promise of the BJP in the 2014 but so far not confirmed offi- Wednesday issued a detailed care of the interests of every- and Tripura. The autonomous Parliament as it is “against the and 2019 Lok Sabha polls. A cially, 18 are dead,” the Indian list of Indians who were hos- one. “People will welcome it as councils and districts enjoy interest of people of Assam and large section of people and Embassy said in a release. pitalised, went missing or sur- it is in the interest of the certain executive and legislative the country”. Twelve MPs from organisations in the North- “Some of the missing may vived the tragedy. nation,” Javadekar said, when powers. the North-East wrote a letter to East have opposed the Bill, say- be in the list of dead which we As per its data, seven peo- asked about the protests in the The Congress, Trinamool Prime Minister Narendra Modi ing it will nullify the provisions are still to receive as identifi- ple have been hospitalised, North-East. Congress, CPI(M) and a few last week saying civil society of the Assam Accord of 1985, cation is not possible because with four in critical condition. Talking to the media, many other political parties have groups of the region are oppos- which fixed March 24, 1971, as of the bodies being burnt,” it A total of 34 Indians who BJP leaders said the Opposition been steadfastly opposing the ing the Bill. Despite facing the cut-off date for deportation added. Official Sources in New survived have been accommo- is unnecessarily creating con- Bill, claiming that citizenship serious opposition, including of all illegal immigrants irre- !"## $% & '( Delhi said 68 Indians were dated at the Saloomi Ceramics troversies as the Bill intends to can’t be given on the basis of from ally JD(U), the BJP has spective of religion. working in the factory. Factory residence. provide citizenship to non- religion. Congress’s Shashi expressed its determination to The BJP-led NDA Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) ly to be applicable to the BTAD “Deeply grieved to learn According to a statement Muslim refugees facing reli- Tharoor said it violates the pass the Bill. Government had introduced appear to be divided on the areas which is under the Sixth that some Indian workers have issued by the Sudanese gious persecution in the neigh- basic idea of India that religion The CPI(M) termed the the Bill in its previous issue with its founding presi- Schedule of the Constitution. lost their lives while some oth- Government, the blast in a gas bouring Islamic countries. can never be a reason for citi- Bill as “unacceptable and tenure and got the Lok dent and signatory to the The influential All Assam ers have been seriously injured,” tanker triggered the fire in an The Cabinet approval to zenship. “Those who believe unconstitutional” and said that Sabha’s approval. Assam Accord Prafulla Kumar Students’ Union (AASU), External Affairs Minister S industrial area because of the Bill came hours after Union that religion should determine citizenship could not be deter- But it did not introduce it Mahanta opposing the Bill Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Jaishankar said. which 23 people were killed Home Minister Amit Shah nationhood... That was the mined by or linked to religion. in the Rajya Sabha, apparently while the current chief and Parishad (AJYCP), Krishak “The Embassy representa- and more than 130 injured. completed his three days of idea of Pakistan, they created “India’s citizens are its citi- due to vehement protests in the Agriculture Minister Atul Bora Mukti Sangram Samiti tive has rushed to the site. A 24- “Preliminary observations interactions with leaders of Pakistan. We have always zens, irrespective of what faith North-East. The Bill lapsed has come out in support. (KMSS), premier literary hour emergency hotline +249- indicate a lack of necessary political parties, students bod- argued that our idea of nation they follow or don’t, what they following the dissolution of The ruling party’s third organisation Asam Sahitya 921917471 has been set up by safety measures and equip- ies and civil society members was what Mahatma Gandhi, eat, what work they do, their the last Lok Sabha. alliance partner and Bodoland Sabha (ASS) have announced @EoI_Khartoum. Embassy is ment at the factory, in addition from the North-East to assuage Nehruji, Maulana Azad, Dr caste, creed, place of residence, The BJP’s alliance partner People’s Front has also not agitation against the Bill till it also putting out updates on to random storage of flamma- their concerns. Shah held his Ambedkar have said, that reli- gender or colour of skin. No to in Assam Government, the opposed the Bill as it is unlike- is withdrawn. social media. 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