India Citizenship Amendment Bill news

Find the latest news and breaking updates on India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) on RT. The controversial bill sparked protests all over the country. It was approved by India’s lower house of parliament on December 9, and by the upper house on December 11. The CAB would speed up the citizenship process for non-Muslim minorities – Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and Parsis – who arrived from Pakistan, Afghanistan, or Bangladesh before 2015. Stay with RT to get updates on the reaction of officials from other countries; in particular, the US which threatened India with possible sanctions. Don’t miss stories on the Citizenship Amendment Bill rallies which have taken over India, resulting in violent clashes in many regions; find details on anti-legislation protesters clashing with police in New Delhi, or on the train station vandalized and set on fire in West Bengal. The protests got a lot of coverage in the news worldwide. Read experts’ and analysts’ opinions on the Citizenship Amendment Bill, as well as on India’s domestic politics in general, on RT.