Aaditya Thackeray: Shiv Sena will support CAB only if questions are answered

In a series of tweets on Tuesday afteron, Shiv Sena leer Aitya Thackeray clarified party's decision to support Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 (CAB) in Lok Sabha. He also hinted at decision that party would take when Bill is passed in Rajya Sabha.

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'Will seek clarification'

CAB was tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday morning, and after a prolonged and heated debate, was passed with an overwhelming majority in Lower House at midnight. Sena h voted in support of Bill on Monday. However, on Tuesday, party backtracked and said that it would think about supporting it in Rajya Sabha. Sena Chief and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray stated that his party would t support Citizenship Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha unless all questions asked by its MPs receive a proper answer.

party, however, seems confused since former Union Minister and senior Sena leer Arvind Sawant said that y will support Bill in Rajya Sabha since y will t be playing different roles. When questioned if Shiv Sena will support Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha, party MP Arvind Sawant responded saying, "How can we have different roles. Shiv Sena stands in favour of India. This is t anybody's mopoly." 

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confusion in Shiv Sena has been fueled furr by Congress' Rahul Gandhi, who opposed Bill in a tweet and said that it attacks Indian Constitution and any party supporting it is destroying foundation of country. 

Most opposition parties like Congress, CPI (M), most rth-eastern parties, AIMIM, Trinamool Congress have openly revolted against bill, calling it unconstitutional and against India's secularity. Opposition leers hir Ranjan Chowdhury, Saugata Roy, N K Premchandran, Gaurav Gogoi, Shashi Tharoor, and Assuddin Owaisi opposed introduction of bill in Lok Sabha, which seeks to give citizenship to n-Muslims from Pakistan, Banglesh, and Afghanistan escaping religious persecution re, saying it was violative of various provisions of Constitution, including move to grant citizenship on basis of religion.

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