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This Article is From Dec 11, 2019

Citizenship Amendment Bill Passage Marks ‘Dark Day’ In Constitutional History Of India, Says Sonia Gandhi

Citizenship Amendment Bill Passage Marks ‘Dark Day’ In Constitutional History Of India, Says Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi, president of the Indian National Congress in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: Pankaj Nangia/Bloomberg News)  

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill marks a "dark day" in constitutional history of India and a "victory of narrow minded and bigoted forces" over the country's pluralism.

In a statement, she also reiterated Congress' determination to be relentless in its struggle against what she alleged was the Bharatiya Janata Party's "dangerously divisive and polarising agenda".

"The Bill fundamentally challenges the idea of India that our forefathers fought for and, in its place, creates a disturbed, distorted and divided India where religion will become a determinant of nationhood," she said.

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