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আসাম চুক্তির জন্য প্রয়োজনে নাগরিকত্ব বিল সংশোধিত হবেঃ বিজয়া
Clause 6 of Assam Accord should be implemented, says BJP MP Bijoya Chakrabarty

 

That the BJP-led Union government have gone on the back foot as regards the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 became more clear on Tuesday when BJP MP from Guwahati Bijoya Chakrabarty stated that the bill would not be tabled in the ongoing Parliament’s winter session. She expressed the view that the Citizenship Bill should not be tabled in the Parliament without examining the present political scenario of Assam. The Winter Session of Parliament started from December 11, 2018 and will concluded on January 8,2019.

MP Chakrabarty emphasised that “Clause 6 of Assam Accord should have to be implemented.” Now what exactly is Clause 6 of Assam Accord? Clause 6 states that: “Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate, shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people.” Bijoya Chakrabarty said so while speaking to the media on the sidelines of the ongoing Winter Session of the Parliament in New Delhi.

BJP was hammering the proposal since 2014 to grant citizenship to all Hindus who have come over to India from Bangladesh. However, the bill soon became a bone of contention mainly between Barak and Brahmaputra valley. The controversy led to the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The JPC headed by Rajasthan MP Rajendra Agrawal has got 20 Lok Sabha and 10 Rajya Sabha members in it. Out of them, four members are from Assam. They are Sushmita Dev from Congress, Ramen Deka from BJP and Bhubaneshwar Kalita also from Congress and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa. The Bill was originally intended to grant citizenship to the religious minorities (Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians) who have migrated from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan till 2014 due to religious persecution.

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