owaisi – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com Factual Version of a Story Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:23:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://media.millichronicle.com/2018/11/12122950/logo-m-01-150x150.png owaisi – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com 32 32 India’s Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees https://millichronicle.com/2019/12/indias-lok-sabha-passes-citizenship-amendment-bill-to-grant-citizenship-to-non-muslim-refugees.html Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:23:10 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=6028 New Delhi — India’s lower house of parliament known as “Lok Sabha” passed Citizenship Amendment Bill on Monday after 311 members favored it while 80 opposed it. The bill aims at providing Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees escaping from the neighboring Muslim countries.

The debate in Lok Sabha lasted for about seven hours, which debated about pros and cons of passing the bill. Indian Muslim member of parliament Asaduddin Owaisi tore the bill while quoting Mahatma Gandhi who tore national register card of South Africa.

Several amendment brought by opposition members including one by right-wing Hindu organization Shiv Sena MP, were either defeated by voice vote or by a division.

The bill proposes that the followers of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian faiths, who escaped to India due to religious prosecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014, will be granted Indian citizenship.

Owaisi opposed the bill due to its communal nature, he said that it violates various provisions of the constitution, including the move to grant citizenship on the basis of religion.

While defending the bill, Home Minister Amit Shah said, “the bill has nothing to do with Indian Muslims. The bill only intends to provide protection to the persecuted minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.”

“We will have to differentiate between intruders and refugees. Citizenship amendment bill does not discriminate against anyone and does not snatch anyone’s rights,” Shah said.

]]> Owaisi distributes pepper sprays to students to protect themselves against ‘Shayateen’ https://millichronicle.com/2018/09/owaisi-distributes-pepper-sprays-to-students-to-protect-themselves-against-shayateen.html Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:58:29 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=652 Hyderabad – AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday distributed pepper sprays among the students to use them against the “Shayateen” devils who want to destroy their lives, in a public gathering in Golconda – Hyderabad.

According to a report by TelanganaPost, over 1200 students attended the programme ‘Women and Children’s Safety Awareness Campaign’ at Owaisi playgrounds, Golconda organized by the party, Owaisi said that it was the primary responsibility of the school management to provide a safe environment to the students.

He demanded the Ministry of Education to cancel the recognition of schools which fail to provide safe environment to the students, while addressing a gathering in Hyderabad.

“Any unsavoury incident will not be tolerated. What happened in a school just few miles from here is very horrific. I strongly condemn it. The school management lacked the courtesy to express solidarity with the victim’s family,” he enthused, referring to Azaan School incident.

Owaisi also distributed pepper sprays among the students of government junior and degree colleges and urged them to use the spray on the “Shayateen (Devils) who want to destroy your life.”

 

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