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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which state’s assembly has recently passed resolution demanding scrapping of the Citizenship Amendment Act?

A	Odisha
B	Telangana
C	Kerala
D	Maharashtra

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Nepal’s Parliament on Wednesday passed the country’s first Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was under discussion for more than two years as political parties failed to forge a consensus on it.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Act, which was passed in 2019, fast tracks the citizenship of people from the Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Christian, Buddhist and Jain communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who entered India before December 31, 2014, without any documents.

Detailed explanation-4: -2015 Amendment: The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2015, has modified the provisions pertaining to the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) in the Principal Act. It has introduced a new scheme called “Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder” by merging the Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card scheme and the OCI card scheme.

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