Govt tables Citizenship Bill in Lok Sabha

January 08, 2019 14:21

The government on Tuesday introduced the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha.

The bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act 1955 to grant Indian citizenship to people from minority communities -- Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians -- from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of residence in India instead of 12 even if they do not possess any proper document.

On Monday, the Asom Gana Parishad pulled out of the BJP-led ruling coalition in Assam over the bill.

The AGP and other groups in Assam have said the provisions of the bill will nullify the 1985 Assam Accord, which provides for deportation of all illegal migrants, irrespective of religion, who had entered the state after March, 1971.

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