Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesdayonce again reiterated his stand of passing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill orCAB in the parliament. He said that CAB will be passed in the parliament soon.
Addressing a public rally in WestBengal, Shah said, "BJP is committed to provide shelter, protection, andcitizenship to the victim families of religious persecution who have come fromthe neighbouring countries."
"I have come today to assure thepeople of Bengal. I have come to assure all refugees – Hindus, Buddhist, Sikhs,Jains, and Christians – especially the Hindu refugees because their numbers arehigh, that they will not be asked to leave India by the government," he said.
"If our refugee brothers and sisters are not citizens of India today, it is because the Trinamool Congress opposed CAB," he said adding, "They don't have to leave the country. They will become citizens."
"We had brought the CitizenshipAmendment Bill in the RS, but the TMC MPs did not allow the Upper House tofunction. They did not allow the bill to be passed, and due to this, there arepeople in our country who are yet to get Indian citizenship," the BJP chiefsaid, adding, "We will have to implement NRC to ensure the country's safety."
It may be mentioned here that theCAB aims to grant citizenship to immigrants of six non-Muslim faiths from threecountries under relaxed norms. Large sections of society in the NE andespecially in Assam have said the Bill is a "threat" to indigenous communities.
