Manipuri filmmaker returns Padma Shri in protest against citizenship bill
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Feb 3, 2019, 17:24 ISTHighlights
- Filmmaker Aribam Shyam Sharma had received Padma Shri award in 2006
- The bill, which seeks to grant citizenship to minority people such as Hindus, Christians, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Sikhs from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan was passed in Lok Sabha on January 8
Filmmaker Aribam Shyam Sharma (Photo: Twitter)
NEW DELHI: Filmmaker Aribam Shyam Sharma returned his Padma Shri award in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill on Sunday.
The Manipuri filmmaker had received the award in 2006.
The 83-year-old filmmaker and music composer's films have bagged several national film awards.
The bill, which seeks to grant citizenship to minority people such as Hindus, Christians, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Sikhs from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan was passed in Lok Sabha on January 8.
There has been strong opposition in Assam and other Northeastern states against the citizenship bill. Political parties, student groups and others have been protesting against the bill which seeks to grant nationality to minorities from neighbouring countries who have come to India till December 31, 2014.
According to the Assam Accord, all the illegal immigrants who have come after 1971, irrespective of their religion, have to be deported and this bill violates that.
The Manipuri filmmaker had received the award in 2006.
The 83-year-old filmmaker and music composer's films have bagged several national film awards.
The bill, which seeks to grant citizenship to minority people such as Hindus, Christians, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Sikhs from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan was passed in Lok Sabha on January 8.
There has been strong opposition in Assam and other Northeastern states against the citizenship bill. Political parties, student groups and others have been protesting against the bill which seeks to grant nationality to minorities from neighbouring countries who have come to India till December 31, 2014.
According to the Assam Accord, all the illegal immigrants who have come after 1971, irrespective of their religion, have to be deported and this bill violates that.
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