Jaaved Jaaferi enters CAB debate with double-meaning PJ; draws mixed responses

Lok Sabha, on Monday, passed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to n-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Banglesh, and Afghanistan after facing religious persecution re. Bill, which was passed in Lok Sabha with 311 members favouring it and 80 voting against it, is being tabled in Rajya Sabha for its d, on Wednesday.

Amidst ongoing debate over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha, Bollywood actor Jaaved Jaaferi took to his Twitter handle to make an analogy between bill and CAB drivers. actor wrote, "Isn’t CAB driver supposed to go where passengers want and t where he wants ?? #justasking" [sic]. tweet implied CAB driver being Modi government and passengers being citizens of country.

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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019

After conclusion of a 7-hour-long debate, which saw participation of 38 MPs from across political spectrum, Lok Sabha on Monday midnight passed  Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 with 311 votes in favor and 80 against Bill. Opposition leers hir Ranjan Chowdhury, Saugata Roy, N K Premchandran, Gaurav Gogoi, Shashi Tharoor, and Assuddin Owaisi opposed introduction of bill in Lok Sabha. Citizenship (Amendment Bill) 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 a move to grant citizenship on basis of religion.

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tabling of emotive Citizenship (Amendment) Bill  comes even as re were protests and incidents of violence in rastern states with most of student unions and regional political parties opposing it, saying it will nullify provisions of Assam Accord of 1985, which fixed March 24, 1971, as cut-off date for deportation of all illegal immigrants irrespective of religion. BJP-led NDA government h introduced bill in its previous tenure and got Lok Sabha's approval. But it did t introduce it in Rajya Sabha, apparently due to vehement protests in rast and lack of majority in House.

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