Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said the smooth passage of the bill which provides 10 per cent quota for the general category poor in jobs and education in the Lok Sabha is a "strong answer" by the Parliament to those "spreading lies". "Yesterday late night, a historic bill was passed in Lok Sabha. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday and was brought to the Upper House after the sitting of the House was extended by a day. The passage of the Citizenship Bill, seeking to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan also found a mention in Modi's speech. "I want to assure the people of Assam and North East that their rights will not be hurt after passage of the bill," Modi said.

Source: dna January 09, 2019 07:18 UTC