PM says Citizenship Amendment bill to pave way for a better tomorrow

Referring to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (December 6) said Indian citizenship will ensure people facing persecution in their home countries will get a better tomorrow.

Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Modi also said although a lot of apprehensions were expressed ahead of the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict, after it was pronounced, the people of the country proved all such apprehensions wrong.

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Referring to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, the prime minister said the decision might seem a politically difficult one, but it had raised new hope of development for the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.