‘Communal politics’ over CAA has begun; law is not about taking away citizenship: Naqvi
The Hindu
“The Modi and Yogi era has created fear among the corrupt and the mafia,” Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was quoted as saying in a statement issued by his office
Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on November 21 said “communal politics” over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act has begun again with some calling for its repeal and asserted that the law is not about taking away citizenship but about providing it to Hindus, Sikhs and other oppressed minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Mr. Naqvi said some have also called for the restoration of Article 370 and stressed that with its abrogation, more than 370 problems in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been resolved with people joining the mainstream of progress.
Talking to reporters after attending a mass marriage function in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, the Minister said that the era of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has demolished the “legacy of cut, commission and corruption”.
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