Vijay Sampla urges students to understand CAA and its advantages
PNS n Chandigarh
BJP leader and former Union minister Vijay Sampla on Friday said people who are doing politics over the amended citizenship act are not doing any good to the country.
Speaking at a press conference where Hindus who migrated from Pakistan over the past three decades and settled in Punjab''s Jalandhar district were present, he said some people are trying to flare up the sentiments of a section of people, which can be dangerous. "We should not politicise the thing. Those who are politicising the issue are not doing any good to the country," the former Punjab BJP chief said.
Amid protests against the CAA in various parts of the country, Sampla said people with vested interests are trying to mislead everyone. "Even some university and college students who are joining the protests do not fully know the details of the act. Those opposing the act are confusing things and vested interests are exploiting the situation," he added.
Asked about SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal's comment that the act should have covered all persecuted people irrespective of their religion, Sampla sidestepped the question.
Talking about a few Hindu families that have migrated from Pakistan over the years, Sampla said, "If our country does not help them out, where else will they go?"
"In Punjab alone, there are 1,000-1,500 families who have over the years migrated from Pakistan and Afghanistan and are living in places like Jalandhar, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Khanna and Pathankot. Jalandhar alone has a sizeable number with 350 such families living there," he said. Some of the families that have migrated to India also interacted with the media. They started entering India on visitor visas and continue to live here by extending their visas.