Who is a Citizen? How India Defined Citizenship Over the Years | The Quint

“How are we making Indian citizenship so ridiculously cheap?” I know what you’re thinking. Another video on what a politician thinks about citizenship in India. Except, this is not an argument made in 2020, or even 2019. This is from 1949, when PS Deshmukh, India’s first Agriculture Minister, was debating citizenship in the Constituent Assembly. Now, as we discuss #CAA, the National Register of Citizens, and the aftermath of India’s partition again, let’s see how this debate has changed.

#NRC . #CitizenshipInIndia

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