Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 2: BJP State spokesman, Brig (retd) Anil Gupta has warned Congress not to spread misinformation regarding Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by Parliament recently.
Talking to reporters at R S Pura today, Brig Gupta emphasized that this Act is applicable to the minorities persecuted by Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who were forced to take refugee in India from time to time for the safety of their lives. The Act has given citizenship rights to Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains, Buddhists and Christians, he added.
He said that the Government has also clarified that the Act will give citizenship rights to the people of these communities but this will not scrap the fundamental rights of other communities like Muslims living in India since long.
Brig Gupta said that such refugees who have entered India before December 31, 2014 can apply for citizenship rights to the Government. It was mandatory for the refugees who have resided for 11 years in India earlier but now this period has been reduced to five years. There is no mention of minority in this Act which gives equal fundamental rights to those people who were deprived of this facility since long and were struggling for it, he added.
The BJP leader said the malafide and obnoxious misinformation spread by Congress, CPI , AAP and Popular Front of India a radical group helping these political parties to create law and order situation by restoring to arson, looting, setting vehicles on fire and damaging property worth several crores in UP, West Bengal, Union territories and other states of the country. He stated that such parties are hell bent to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere of the country and hence are not in a position to digest the pace of development work being carried out by BJP at the Centre.
Brig Anil Gupta further stated that states not implementing the CAA have to face constitutional action under Article 356. Therefore it is mandatory to all the states of India to implement the act in letter and spirit.
Others in the press conference were H S Pammi, district president, R S Pura, Prof Garu Ram Bhagat ex MLA, Dr P P Singh spokesperson R S Pura, Shiv Kumar, Mandal president, R S Pura, Vijay Sharma Mandal president Miran Sahib etc.
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