TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will talk to different political parties, including those from the Northeast, on the Citizenship Bill, BJP president Amit Shah said Sunday, asserting the legislation is “very important” for the country. Shah said if any consensus emerges from Singh’s consultations with different parties then they will certainly move forward with that.
He underlined his party’s commitment to the bill, which seeks to grants citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, saying such large number of refugees cannot be left to their fate. “We are firm on this,” he said.
“The home minister is talking to all parties from Northeast and other parties, which wants to give suggestion during this session. He is talking to them one by one and has already spoken to some parties,” he said at a party event.
Describing the bill as “very important” for the country, he said the BJP has brought it after lot of deliberations. “After taking suggestions from everybody, if there is some consensus we will certainly move forward with that but this bill is very important for the country,” he said.
