‘We Support The Bill’: Crucual NDA Ally AIADMK Reiterates Support For CAB, Bodoland People’s Front Follows Suit

Crucial NDA member AIADMK on Wednesday (11 December) reiterated its support for the citizenship amendment bill (CAB) in Rajya Sabha along with the Bodoland People's Front in Assam.

AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP S R Balasubramaniam while speaking in the upper house said that, “We have certain concerns but overall, we are supporting this bill”.

As reported, the support of 11 AIADMK MPs is crucial for the BJP to pass the CAB in Rajya Sabha. The BJP has a total of 83 seats in the house, which necessitates that it take support from 38 other MPs to pass the bill.

Besides NDA, the BJP has received a boost from Odisha’s ruling BJD which has chosen to publicly back the bill. The Naveen Patnaik led party has a total of seven MPs. The non-NDA parties which supported the bill in the Lok Sabha also include the TDP and YSRCP which have a total of 2 MPs each.