Pawan Khera, a senior Congress chief on Wednesday stated that the Citizenship Modification Act 2019 will probably be revoked if the celebration got here to energy.
He additionally stated that the Prime Minister was afraid of the folks of Manipur who’re going through an ethnic violence since Could final 12 months.
Addressing one of many press conferences he stated that the lower off date for 1971 is sacrosanct for Assam. However that CAA will take away and 2014 will probably be there new lower off date.
He was referring to the deadline of March 25, 1971, for granting Indian citizenship to folks coming into Assam from Bangladesh, based on the Assam Accord.
Underneath the CAA, the Modi authorities desires to grant Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who had come to India until December 31, 2014.
“The Congress will repeal the CAA if voted to energy,” Khera stated.
There have been large protests in some components of the nation together with the Northeastern area after the CAA was handed by Parliament in December 2019 and obtained the presidential assent. The house ministry has been taking extensions at common intervals from the parliamentary committee for framing the foundations.
Union Residence Minister Amit Shah stated in final month that guidelines for implementing the CAA will probably be issued earlier than the approaching Lok Sabha polls.
On Modi’s scheduled go to to Assam later this week, the Congress chief criticized him for not visiting Manipur.
“Why is the prime minister afraid of visiting Manipur? We request him to go to the state for at the least half an hour when he comes right here,” he stated.
No less than 219 folks have been killed in Manipur in ethnic strife in Manipur.
Alleging that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was concerned in corruption, the Congress chief claimed that the folks would give him a befitting reply.
Khera additionally claimed that the Congress will carry out properly in Assam within the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. ( With PTI Inputs )
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