By Bhupen Goswami (PNI)

Guwahati :”Assam is facing problems due to illegal migrants. This law is for people of India and no person will face discrimination under this Bill. The law will imply to all states, it is not restricted to Assam. The bill is introduced to guard people’s interest,” Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Tuesday in Lok Sabha. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was tabled today in Lower House as scheduled. The Home Minister had earlier said Clause 6 “wasn’t fully implemented” and the notification came days after the Union Cabinet cleared a proposal to set up a high-level committee. Home minister Rajnath Singh has tabled the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha. It aims to provide citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians – after six years of residence in India, instead of 12, even if they do not possess proper documents. The Bill has faced massive opposition in northeastern states, particularly Assam, after PM Narendra Modi declared the intention to get the bill passed in Parliament. The Constitutional Amendment Bill, number 124, to provide 10 per cent quota in government jobs and education for “economically weaker” sections among the general category has also been tabled in the Lok Sabha and will be taken up for debate next. The Narendra Modi Cabinet had on Monday, in a surprise decision months before polls, announced the reservation, meeting a key demand of upper castes, a staunch BJP support base which has shown signs of a drift from the party.