By accepting only Hindus among the illegal immigrants, will it be a trigger of a religious war in the country, ShivSena wondered
MUMBAI| Today government is going to table Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in parliament. Home Minister Amit Shah will read the bill. Hours left for the discussion of the bill, Shivsena’s former ally of BJP has accused BJP of an “invisible partition” of Hindus and Muslims in editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, the Shiv Sena has also questioned whether “selective acceptance” of Hindu illegal immigrants will act as a trigger for a religious war in the country.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will involve non-muslims refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan to become Indian citizens. Many opposition parties call the proposed law discriminatory and allege that it is contrary to the basic tenet of secularism enshrined in the constitution of India.
The Uddhav Thackeray led party said “vote bank politics” under the garb of the bill (CAB) is not in the interest of the country.
The Sena editorial also questioned the timing of the bill. “There is no dearth of problems in India now but still we are inviting new ones such as CAB. It looks like the Centre has made an invisible partition of Hindus and Muslims over the bill,” the editorial read.
“It is true that there is no other country for Hindus except Hindustan. But by accepting only Hindus among the illegal immigrants, will it be a trigger of a religious war in the country?” the Sena questioned.
The Shiv Sena, which has 18 MPs in the Lok Sabha, also pointed out that most of the states from the North East region have opposed the bill long with Bihar, where the BJP is sharing power with the Janata Dal-United and West Bengal.
At the same time, the Sena has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a strong action against some neighboring countries that torture Hindus like he had taken against Pakistan.
The Prime Minister has already shown that certain things are “mumkin” (possible), the Sena sneered. “Now, he should ensure that these communities won’t have to leave their respective countries with similar adventurous actions. This would help in strengthening the country’s internal security as well,” the edit said, apparently referring to the surgical strike and Balakot airstrike.
The Sena said illegal immigrants should be sent back to their countries of origin, a stated position of the BJP. “The exact number of such illegal immigrants should be known. If it is in lakhs then where are they going to be settled in India?” the party asked.
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Illegal immigrants in Maharashtra are already a strain on local civic bodies, it said. “In such a scenario, states like Gujarat and Karnataka will have to play a major and humanitarian role to accommodate these immigrants,” the Sena said in a dig at the BJP which is in power in both the states.
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