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Amid heated debate Asaduddin Owaisi tears Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha

| @indiablooms | Dec 09, 2019, at 10:13 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Amid chaos over the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday tore up a copy of the legislation and wrapped up the heated debate.

He said the bill was an attempt to divide the nation.

"It is an attempt to divide the nation. The proposed law is against our country's Constitution," Owaisi stated before tearing the document into two halves.

He said that Gandhi achieved the title of "Mahatma" after he tore the discriminatory citizenship card in South Africa and therefore he did the same with the Citizenship Amendment Bill.

"This bill is against the Constitution.... it is a conspiracy to make Muslims stateless," he said.

The MP also noted that such legislation will once again lead to a repeat of the 1947 partition.

Owaisi also accused the BJP government of humiliating the country's freedom fighters by trying to marginalise Muslims.

He rather asked the Centre why it is not concerned with efforts on reclaiming parts of the country under foreign control instead.

"Are you afraid of China?" he asked in reference to the neighbouring country's encroachment into Doklam.

Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah participated in the debate related to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 and said there is no political agenda behind it.

"There is no political agenda behind it," Shah said in the Lok Sabha.

"This bill does not aim to create discrimination," he said.

"I believe every political party must fight elections on its manifesto, which is built by the opinion of the people of the country, and not on some leader or family. This is what has happened here. This Bill was in BJP's manifesto for 2014 & 2019 elections," he said.

Shah said the bill will do justice to people.

"I want to assure this House that this Bill will only bring justice to the people who have been waiting for it for 70 years. It is not targeting anyone and will do no injustice," he said.

Shah on Monday tabled the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha.

The introduction of the bill led to chaos after Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury called the bill opposed to the minority community.

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