Members of all communities, including Muslims, joined a rally here on Monday supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The rally was organised by the BJP to make people aware about the new law aimed at giving citizenship to the prosecuted minorities from the Islamic countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Joining the rally, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan accused the opposition Congress and Left parties of misleading a section of Muslim people. “Indian Muslims are not going to be affected by the CAA and no one is going to deport them from this country,” he said.
A Muslim in the rally pointed out that the new law is only to give citizenship to those minorities who have left the neighbouring Muslim countries and are staying in India for decades.
Many BJP leaders, including former DGP Prakash Mishra, Sameer Dey, Dillip Mallick and Nayan Mohanty participated in the rally, which culminated at the Kali Mandir at Khannagar.