Discussing CAA with motivated logics
Bharatiya citizens and their citizenship
Any minority living in Bharat, especially Muslim brothers and sisters, need not have any fear. This law is not going to take away anyone’s citizenship. This was said by the country’s Home Minister Amit Shah himself and he said, “Everyone should have faith in the Home Minister of the country, whether he is a majority or a minority.”
There is no threat to Bharatiya Muslims from this law No rights of Muslims are lost in this law. This is a law to give citizenship, not to take citizenship. Therefore, do not fall prey to any misleading propaganda. This law has nothing to do with the citizenship of Muslims in Bharat.
Why was the need for this law felt?
This bill would never have come to Parliament had Bharat not been partitioned. This bill was introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah to solve the situations that arose after the partition. Had the previous governments come up with a solution, had the country not been divided based on religion, then this bill would not have been brought.
Minorities in Pakistan vs Minorities in Bharat Under the Nehru-Liaquat Pact, both sides agreed that people from minority communities would be given equality like the majority. Their freedom of occupation, expression, and worship will also be ensured. This promise was made to the minorities but in Pakistan people were prevented from even contesting the elections! Their numbers kept on decreasing, whereas in Bharat there have been minorities in many high positions like President, Vice President, and Chief Justice. Here (in Bharat) minorities were protected.
Those opposing the law focus only on why Muslims are not being brought. Will your secularism be based only on Muslims? But in reality, this law does not mean secularism or based on any one religion! Provision has been made in this law for those who are being tortured on religious grounds in neighboring countries. Efforts have been made to solve the problem of such people by giving them Bharatiya citizenship. Under the law made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, the refugees can admit without fear that yes, they are refugees, give us citizenship and the government will give them citizenship.
Why give citizenship to minorities of only three countries?
When Indira Gandhi accepted refugees from Bangladesh in 1971, why were refugees from Sri Lanka not accepted? Problems are solved at the appropriate time. This should not be given a political color.
The right to equality enshrined in Article 14 does not prevent us from making such laws which are based on reasonable classification. There is a reasonable classification here. There is no provision for a particular religion in the law. This is for all the minorities in the three countries who are persecuted based on religion.
Why not Rohingya Muslims?
As far as Rohingya are concerned, they do not come directly to our country. They first go to Bangladesh and then infiltrate from there. While placing this bill in Parliament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “I want to assure the people of Sikkim and North East that Article 371 will not face any problem due to this bill. We are not going to remove this article from anywhere. We will fully comply with the Assam Accord. We must protect the culture of Assam and we will fulfil it.”
