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The contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, was passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Lok Sabha cleared the Bill on Monday.
“This move is yet another attempt to effectively reduce Muslims in India to second-class citizens,” said Congressman Andre Carson, who is one of the three Muslim members currently serving in the US Congress. Carson also raised his concern for the removal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
“When the Indian Prime Minister Modi announced the unilateral changes to Jammu and Kashmir’s status on August 5, I expressed my grave concern about its implications for the future of Kashmir,” he said.
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“Today, we witness yet another potentially devastating move by the Prime Minister, as lawmakers enacted his draconian CAB,” he said.