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not be granted voting rights for 25 years.
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee said his party’s idea of India was “inclusive”. “Our India smiles. Your idea of India is based on mob lynching,” he said.
Sukhbir Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal, a BJP ally, suggested that the names of some Muslim sects be added to the bill. “There are cases of Muslims being persecuted within their religion,” he said. The bill now moves to the Rajya Sabha, where the government doesn’t command a majority but has been successful in piloting bills such as the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act and the The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019.
The Opposition is likely to work on a two-pronged strategy in the Rajya Sabha against the proposed amendments to the Citizenship Act. According to people familiar with the matter, it will try to stop the passage of the bill, but in the likely situation of their numbers falling short of a majority, it will press for its review by a Select Committee. The Congress, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and the Left parties have already prepared drafts of their individual motions, the people added. chairwoman and was minister for transport and communications in the outgoing government. Lawmakers are likely to approve the appointment of Marin and her government this week so she can represent Finland at the Dec. 12-13 EU leaders’ summit in Brussels. Finland holds the European Union’s rotating presidency until the end of the year.
Antti Rinne, the incumbent prime minister whom Marin is replacing, plans to stay on as the Social Democrats’ chairman until a party congress next summer. Rinne stepped down last week after a key coalition partner, the Center Party, withdrew its support, citing lack of trust. The Center Party also criticized Rinne’s leadership skills prior to a two-week strike by the country’s state-owned postal service in November that spread to other industries.
Rinne’s resignation prompted the formal resignation of the coalition of the Social Democrats and the Center Party and three junior partners: the Greens, the Left Alliance and the Swedish People’s Party of Finland.
On Sunday, the same parties said they are committed to the government program agreed upon after the April election and will continue in Marin’s new government, which will have a comfortable majority of 117 seats in the 200-seat Eduskunta, or Parliament.
In the December 9 edition, our Page 1 story on the fire at Delhi’s Anaj Mandi said that the incident occurred on Saturday morning, instead of Sunday morning. The error is regretted.
A news report about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged fake encounters in Manipur, published on page 9 of the December 9 edition, was headlined incorrectly. It should have said, “CBI closes a dozen cases for lack of evidence.” The error is regretted.