BHUBANESHWAR: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday hit out at the opposition parties over their anti-CAA stance at a rally here on Friday. “The entire opposition — Congress, communists, SP, BSP, Mamata Didi (Bengal chief minister) — are opposing CAA. They are saying minorities will lose their rights. Why are you spreading lies,” Shah said.
His remarks on the West Bengal chief minister came hours after he interacted with her at a meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council here.
Reiterating the governments commitment to provide citizenship to minorities persecuted in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Shah said: “After Partition, there were forced conversions, forced marriages and rapes were committed. Many (refugees) came to India to save their self-respect. It has been 70 years, but lakhs of such people dont have citizenship. They dont have access to healthcare and education. What about their human rights?”
Shah said in the 1950s, every Congress politician had said that Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan will be given Indian citizenship. “The Congress leaders on 27 different occasions made such promises, but never honoured them,” he said, adding, “While introducing Citizenship (Amendment) Act, we knew attempts will be made to malign us. But we are not afraid of such slander campaigns.”
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BHUBANESHWAR: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday hit out at the opposition parties over their anti-CAA stance at a rally here on Friday. “The entire opposition — Congress, communists, SP, BSP, Mamata Didi (Bengal chief minister) — are opposing CAA. They are saying minorities will lose their rights. Why are you spreading lies,” Shah said.
His remarks on the West Bengal chief minister came hours after he interacted with her at a meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council here.
Reiterating the governments commitment to provide citizenship to minorities persecuted in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Shah said: “After Partition, there were forced conversions, forced marriages and rapes were committed. Many (refugees) came to India to save their self-respect. It has been 70 years, but lakhs of such people dont have citizenship. They dont have access to healthcare and education. What about their human rights?”
Shah said in the 1950s, every Congress politician had said that Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan will be given Indian citizenship. “The Congress leaders on 27 different occasions made such promises, but never honoured them,” he said, adding, “While introducing Citizenship (Amendment) Act, we knew attempts will be made to malign us. But we are not afraid of such slander campaigns.”
The home minister also touched upon issues like Read More – Source
