The Union Minister today elaborated that there are some issues which form the Union List or List-I in the Constitution of India. "Citizenship, naturalisation, and aliens are entry 17 on the Union List. For context, the legislative section in the Indian Constitution is divided into three lists: Union List, State List, and Concurrent List. Meanwhile, the BJP opposed the legislation with the party MLA O Rajagopal saying that the resolution against the citizenship law was moved for "political gains". Massive protests have erupted across the country against the new citizenship law and a proposed NRC with Uttar Pradesh being most affected where 19 people have been killed.

Source: dna December 31, 2019 14:03 UTC