As many as 3,000 Muslims from Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday held a demonstration in front of the Collector’s office here opposing the CAA, the NRC and the NPR. The agitators submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India through the Collector demanding withdrawal of what they called 'anti-Constitutional' laws.
Speaking at the protest meeting, minority leader Sk Tamij Uddin said the Government should first identify the people who should be given citizenship and people who have illegally entered into the country. Any person’s citizenship should not be based on religion, he stressed.
India is a very inclusive country which is a land of all communities, all religions, all castes and creeds, said another leader Mir Ajmir Ali, adding, "We are not a dictatorship, rather we are a democracy."
Among others, Mohammad Nazir, SK Jahir Uddin, Ekbal Ahemmed Shah, Zakir Uddin Khan and Mahammad Lokman spoke.