Lok Sabha

PM Modi thanked MPs from all parties for supporting the bill and called it a landmark moment".
From West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to BJP chief Amit Shah, here's what political leaders said about the quota bill.
The bill will amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 to grant Indian nationality to people from minority communities Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians fleeing persecution from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
he bill, approved by the Union Cabinet on Monday, was brought in on the last day of the Winter Session of Lok Sabha.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi had alleged the minister lied that government orders worth Rs one lakh crore were provided to HAL.
The bill was passed by a voice vote amid din as Congress and SP members protested over Rafale and CBI issue respectively.
Naramalli Sivaprasad was suspended from the House along with three other members for continuing to disrupt the proceedings.
Several indigenous organisations in the state have also been opposing the bill as they believe it would harm their cultural identity.
The BJP is looking to increase its support base in Kerala but political observers say it is unlikely to reap substantial gains in the upcoming general election.
A Congress member defended this by saying the paper planes were thrown because the discussion on Rafale had deviated to Agusta and Bofors.