Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 13: Former MLC & JK UT spokesperson of BJP, Girdhari Lal Raina has denounced former Chief Minister and NC leader, Omar Abdullah for his misleading statement on CAA rules aimed to fan sectorial and communal tension.
National Conference (NC) vice-president dubbing Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)-2019 rules as Ramzan gift to the Muslims of the country is a naked lie told consciously to mislead and incite the people. The fact is that CAA is a citizenship enabling Act and doesn’t take away any right from any citizen of India including the Muslim Indians, said GL Raina. He called CAA as fair, unbiased and humanitarian law.
Explaining further Raina said that the fundamental essence of the CAA lies in its commitment to providing a legal pathway for citizenship acquisition to distinct religious communities— namely, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian—who have sought refuge in India due to religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The legislative initiative is explicit in its identification of these communities, reflecting an intention to expedite their assimilation into Indian society through the conferment of citizenship, he added.
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