Members of the Congress, Trinamul Congress, CPM and the Samajwadi Party have moved these dissent notes, the sources said. “As members of the joint committee on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, we can state that there was no consensus in the committee on the final report. We are opposed to the bill as it brings out the ethnic divisions in the state of Assam,” a note said. Citizenship cannot be linked with state, religion, caste or creed and (cannot be) country-specific. The Shiv Sena on Sunday said it would oppose the citizenship bill.

Source: The Telegraph January 07, 2019 10:36 UTC