New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act are unfortunate and painful.
The prime minister said in a Twitter message that arguments and dis-arguments are although essential elements of democracy, but the destruction of public money and the disruption of normal life is not the nature of the country. The 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act was overwhelmingly supported by both Houses of Parliament. The Prime Minister said a large number of political parties and MPs supported the passage of the bill.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the petitions filed by Congress and former Tripura Maharaja Pradyot Kishore Deb Burman questioning the validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act. Chief Justice S.A. Bobdey-led bench issue will also be considered the petitions related to the case. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi has called for an immediate hearing on the Citizenship Amendment Act. Hearing on the petition filed by the Indian Union Muslim League scheduled for the 18th of this month will also take place on Wednesday.
Assam Finance Minister Himanda Biswa Sharma told reporters that 136 cases of violence were registered as a result of protests in connection with the Citizenship Amendment Act. 190 people have been arrested in the incident. He said the government was taking these incidents seriously. The minister also said that the government was not opposed to peaceful protests. The new amendments would give at least 5.42 lakh new citizenships to Assam, he said. Fake information is spreading that millions of people will be new residents in Assam. The Indo-Japanese summit will be held in Guwahati and the date for the summit will be decided later, the minister said.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the police attack at Aligarh Muslim University and the Jamia Millia Islamia University protests. The bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, called for such instances to end immediately. The incident came to the attention of the Supreme Court after a group of lawyers called for voluntary prosecution of assault charges against students.
