Mumbai: A day after voting in favour of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in Lok Sabha, the Shiv Sena made a U-turn on Tuesday as party chief and Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray, said that his party’s queries in the Lower House on the Bill remained unanswered.
“We won’t support the Bill till we get clarity,” he said.
Thackeray on Tuesday said that a detailed discussion and debate on the proposed legislation 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,” he said, adding that the government should answer all the issues raised on the Bill.
The Shiv Sena in Lok Sabha had demanded that people who get Indian citizenship under the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill should not be granted voting rights for 25 years.
The BJP, meanwhile, claimed that the Sena changed its stance over the CAB due to pressure from Congress.
Meanwhile, the NCP on Tuesday said the two (Sena and NCP) are different parties and it is not possible always for them to hold the same view on all issues.
