Citizenship Amendment Bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday

The contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill will be introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha on Monday. It will be taken up for discussion and passage, according to the Lok Sabha's List of Business.

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday will introduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan escaping "religious persecution" there.

In the afternoon, the Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce the Bill to amend the six-decade-old Citizenship Act and later in the day, it will be taken up for discussion and passage, according to the Lok Sabha's List of Business for Monday.

If passed by the Parliament, it will amend the Citizenship Act of 1955 introducing exceptional provisions for acquiring citizenship for non-Muslims immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.