Opposition parties prepare ground to counter Citizenship Amendment Bill

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance is comfortably placed to ensure the Bill's passage not just in the Lok Sabha, but Rajya Sabha as well

Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha (LS) on Monday, and move that it be debated that day itself, the Lok Sabha’s list of business released on Sunday evening stated.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is comfortably placed to ensure the Bill's passage not just in the LS, but Rajya Sabha (RS) as well. The Bill could come up for passage in the RS on Wednesday. The session ends on Friday.

The Bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and