HUBBALLI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday dubbed those opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act “anti-Dalit” and sought to assuage the fears of Muslims, saying CAA was all about including people, not excluding anyone or any community.
Addressing a public meeting here in this Karnataka town as part of BJPs nationwide Jan Jagran Abhiyan, Shah said since 70% of refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan in India were from Dalit communities, those opposing it were anti-Dalit. “I want to ask anti-CAA protesters: What benefit will you derive from protesting against these poor Dalits?”
He said Muslims of India had nothing to worry about as the Act clearly said it wouldnt grant citizenship to Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Taking potshots at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi several times, he said: “I challenge Rahul Gandhi to prove CAA will take away citizenship of Muslims… please read the Act completely and if you find anything that takes away citizenship of Indian Muslims, Pralhad Joshi (Union parliamentary affairs minister) is ready to debate with you.”
Justifying CAA implementation, he said the population of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh had dwindled to a meagre 3%. “Can Rahul baba explain what happened to these people in Pakistan and Bangladesh,” Shah asked, adding that he should be thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fulfilling his grandfathers dream.
“Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajendra Prasad, Acharya Kriplani and Maulana Azad had originally mooted the idea of CAA. Now, Modi has actually turned their dream into reality, he said, adding that even Mahatma Gandhi had wished according citizenship to minorities of neighbouring countries.
Shah slammed Congress and other opposition parties, saying they were always against national issues like CAA, abrogation of Article 370, conRead More – Source
HUBBALLI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday dubbed those opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act “anti-Dalit” and sought to assuage the fears of Muslims, saying CAA was all about including people, not excluding anyone or any community.
Addressing a public meeting here in this Karnataka town as part of BJPs nationwide Jan Jagran Abhiyan, Shah said since 70% of refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan in India were from Dalit communities, those opposing it were anti-Dalit. “I want to ask anti-CAA protesters: What benefit will you derive from protesting against these poor Dalits?”
He said Muslims of India had nothing to worry about as the Act clearly said it wouldnt grant citizenship to Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Taking potshots at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi several times, he said: “I challenge Rahul Gandhi to prove CAA will take away citizenship of Muslims… please read the Act completely and if you find anything that takes away citizenship of Indian Muslims, Pralhad Joshi (Union parliamentary affairs minister) is ready to debate with you.”
Justifying CAA implementation, he said the population of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh had dwindled to a meagre 3%. “Can Rahul baba explain what happened to these people in Pakistan and Bangladesh,” Shah asked, adding that he should be thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fulfilling his grandfathers dream.
“Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajendra Prasad, Acharya Kriplani and Maulana Azad had originally mooted the idea of CAA. Now, Modi has actually turned their dream into reality, he said, adding that even Mahatma Gandhi had wished according citizenship to minorities of neighbouring countries.
Shah slammed Congress and other opposition parties, saying they were always against national issues like CAA, abrogation of Article 370, conRead More – Source
