Won't support Citizenship Bill in Rajya

Sabha till we get clarity on Shiv Sena's

queries: Uddhav Thackeray
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PTI | Updated: Dec 10, 2019, 17:15 IST

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on

Tuesday said the Shiv Sena won't back the Citizenship
(Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha till there is clarity on the
party's queries posed in the Lok Sabha.

The Lok Sabha passed the Bill

, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim

refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan after
facing religious persecution there, a little past midnight on
Monday after a heated debate that lasted over seven hours.
The Sena had supported the Bill in the Lower House.

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Thackeray told reporters here that a detailed discussion and

debate on the Bill was necessary.
The Modi government needs to worry about the economy, job
crisis and rising cost of living, especially the onions price rise,
more than the implementation of the Bill, he said.
"We need to change this notion that one who supports the Bill
and the BJP is a patriot and one who opposes it is anti-
national.The government should answer all the issues raised on
the Bill," he said.

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"The BJP feels that any one who disagrees (with it) is a 'deshdrohi'
(traitor), Thackeray said.
The Sena has suggested changes it wants to be included in the
Bill in Rajya Sabha, he said. "Where will these refugees stay ... in
which state. All this should be clarified," he added.
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How many days he will be in the chair ... today morning Italian
madam called this stooge and asked him to crawl in front of her
regretting supporting of the bill yesterday ... now he changed ...
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"We raised some questions but they were not answered. It is an

illusion that only the BJP cares for the country," Thackeray said.
"We don't take a stand based on who likes it or not," he said
when asked about his party's stance on the Bill.
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