Amit Shah challenges Rahul, Mamata and Kejriwal on CAA

BJP president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday challenged opposition leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee and Minister Arvind Kejriwal to find out a provision from the newly implemented Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that can take away citizenship from minorities of India. The CAA drew widespread protests across the country ever since the law received the presidential assent last month.

"Ichallenge Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, to find out aprovision from the Citizenship Amendment Act that can take citizenship awayfrom minorities of this country," Amit Shah was quoted as saying by ANI inVadodara.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Ahmedabad: I challenge Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, to find out a provision from #CitizenshipAmendmentAct that can take citizenship away from minorities of this country. #Gujarat pic.twitter.com/oJim7PKATP

— ANI (@ANI) January 11, 2020

The CAAgrants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christiansfleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and whocame to India on or before December 31, 2014.

It maybe mentioned here that Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan Kerala and WestBengal government have said that CAA will not be implemented in their States.