‘Arbitrariness written large on face of CAB’: P Chidambaram in RS

Congress leader, P Chidambaram opposed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 (CAB) in Rajya Sabha on December 11. While speaking on the bill, Chidambaram said, “This government is ramming through this Bill to advance its Hindutva agenda. This is a sad day. I am absolutely clear that this law will be struck off.” The former finance minister also posed a slew of questions to the government on the bill. He asked, “Why have you excluded Sri Lanka Hindus and Bhutanese Christians? Why only consider religious persecution? Persecution is done on so many other levels, politically, socially, what about them?”