CAB passes Rajya Sabha test: PM Modi calls it a landmark day, Opposition calls it attack on secularism

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid boiling protests in several parts in the Northeast. Rajya Sabha voted 125 to 99 in favour of the bill, which seeks to give citizenship to all non-Muslim migrants who have faced religious persecution from three countries-Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The Opposition has been criticising the government of discriminating against the Muslims by excluding them from the religious communities that the Citizenship Amendment Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship on grounds of religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.