Conrad Sangma Demands on scrapping of Citizenship Bill ‘absolute’

Guwahati, January 19, 2019: Conrad Sangma

Meghalaya CM and National People’s Party (NPP) President Conrad Sangma, along with a delegation which included new Mizoram CM Zoramthanga, met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today to air opposition to the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

The delegation included members of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA).

“We have expressed our concerns about the Citizenship Bill and the amendment of the Bill.

[caption id="attachment_21601" align="alignnone" width="660"] Union Minister Rajnath Singh with the delegation[/caption]

All the coalition partners from the Meghalaya government and even the honourable Chief Minister from Mizoram have expressed their dissatisfaction overall and their concerns about this Bill and have asked the government to reconsider and think about this”, stated Sangma.

“Mr. Rajnath Singh plans to call all the Chief Ministers of the Northeast for a meeting, so I think in a detailed consultation we will discuss this, but we have expressed the concerns of political parties, differenct civil societies and the people of Northeast as this is a Bill that most of the people of the Northeast do not accept”, said the Chief Minister.

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Sangma also said that modification is not on the cards and stated that he “absolutely” supports the scrapping of the Bill.

Upon being asked what steps he will take if the government goes ahead with the Bill, Sangma assured that he will take the right decision when the time comes, but now is not the time to think about that as talks are still on.