CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP

[ad_1] Fleeing religious persecution and violence, Niranjan Baishnab’s family crossed over from East Pakistan to India in the 1960s. They made their home in Malinibeel, a wetland near Silchar, a city in southern Assam’s Barak Valley. Once a natural reservoir,...

Will not accept CAA, NRC, Uniform Civil Code: Mamata

[ad_1] WB CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee. Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she will not allow implementation of the CAA, NRC and the Uniform Civil Code in the state. Addressing a gathering here on...

View from the margins: After CAA enforcement, Muslims rush to get their identity documents in order

[ad_1] Voting is often the only chance that many of India's marginalised groups get to express themselves. As national elections approach, Scroll's reporters fanned out across the country to talk to groups with little socio-political power as part of a...

Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?

[ad_1] Union minister Shantanu Thakur on Saturday said that he would apply for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act to counter the “false propaganda” he alleged the Trinamool Congress was spreading against the law.“I will also apply for citizenship although...

Why Shaheen Bagh is unlikely to see a protest against CAA this time

[ad_1] The half-kilometre stretch leading to the Shaheen Bagh footover bridge on the Chalees Futa, or 40 Feet Road which connects Delhi’s Jasola and Kalindi Kunj areas made headlines in 2019 as hundreds of Muslim women held a sit-in protest...

‘No NRC, detention camps,’ says Mamata Banerjee as Citizenship (Amendment) Act implemented

[ad_1] The Trinamool Congress will oppose the National Register of Citizens if the Union government tries to carry out the exercise after the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said at a press conference...