 "BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad (Photo: ANI)")
BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad (Photo: ANI)
In a press convention, Prasad mentioned, “It does not at all deprive any Indians of their citizenship. CAA only gives citizenship to those who are persecuted based on their faith. I want to tell those trying to spread communal tension in the name of CAA, to stop. Stop telling lies.”
Prasad notably referred to as out political events from southern India, particularly Kerala and Tamil Nadu, urging them to halt the propagation of hatred surrounding the CAA. He said that India has traditionally supplied citizenship to refugees in want and that the CAA upholds India’s obligation to supply alternatives for citizenship via authorized means.
Highlighting that the implementation of the CAA isn’t linked to job or citizenship loss for Indian residents, Prasad accused Kejriwal of participating in vote-bank politics forward of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
“No one’s jobs are being taken. No one’s citizenship is being taken. This has nothing to do with Indian citizens,” Prasad emphasised.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kejriwal had condemned the BJP-led authorities’s implementation of the CAA, labelling it as “dirty vote bank politics.” He expressed considerations that the regulation would facilitate the inflow of numerous poor minorities from Pakistan and Bangladesh into India, doubtlessly benefiting the BJP within the upcoming elections.
“There are 35 million minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The BJP wants to spend the money of our people in settling poor migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh by giving them houses and jobs here,” the chief minister mentioned.
The chief minister additionally shared considerations of regulation and order collapsing within the nation. He defined, “This is a poor country, if we open our doors then where will we settle them? There is going to be more migration due to CAA law than what happened after independence. Law and order will collapse, theft, robbery and rape will increase.”
Kejriwal asserted that the nation demanded the repeal of the CAA and referred to as on individuals to vote towards the BJP if the regulation isn’t revoked.
The Citizenship Amendment Act, handed by the BJP-led authorities, goals to grant citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who arrived in India earlier than December 31, 2014.
(With company inputs)
First Published: Mar 13 2024 | 12:46 PM IST
