State BJP Spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo today said that the Congress and other Opposition parties are creating confusion among the minorities about the Citizenship Amendment Act. He said that this is the new form of appeasement politics of the Congress. Minorities should understand that there is nothing against them in this amendment.
The amendment of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 only adds to the clause (B) of sub-section (1) of section 2 that any person if he comes from Hindu, Buddhist, Jain Parsi, and Christian community and if he If arrived in India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan on or before 1 December 2014, it would not be considered as an illegal intruder in India, he said.
Pratul said that in the new section 6B of the amendment, it has been added that after the coming into effect of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, if any legal proceedings are going on against such a person, then the Central government will not take further action. Pratul said that the Congress and the opposition parties have acted to incite violence in the north-eastern states, saying that with the implementation of this amendment, the indigenous people would be harmed. However, Section 6B(4) clearely states that it shall not apply in the tribal areas of Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. It shall also not be applicable in those areas where the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution is in force.
Pratul said that when the NDA government led by Narendra Modi started taking decisions in the national interest, then the politics of the opposition has been severed. The opposition is tricking people by doing politics of fear and appeasement.
Pratul said that NRC is another issue and when it is implemented in the whole country, it will give the right to minorities living in India. Through NRC, Bangladeshi infiltrators will be identified who are killing the rights of India's minorities. The bulk of minority welfare schemes by the government are currently being used by these Bangladeshi infiltrators.