Citizenship Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha today

Wednesday,11 December 2019 04:48 AM IST

New Delhi: The Northeast erupted in outrage as the BJP-led central government gets ready to table the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in  Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The legislation will fast-track citizenship claims from Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan from persecuted minorities. Northeast people are afraid that large numbers of Bangladeshi Hindu migrants, who they say are intruders, will swamp their homeland.