Citizenship (Amendment) Bill Gets 311 ‘Ayes’ in LS

The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan after facing religious persecution there, a little past 12 am on Tuesday, 10 December. After an over seven-hour-long debate, the bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with 311 members favouring it and 80 voting against it.

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