CAA in Bengal, Not in Assam: Opposition Questions the Political Hypocrisy

 

BJP Vehemently made a promise regarding the applicability of CAA from July in their Manifesto of Bengal whereas in Assam they are not discussing CAA at all. HM Shah in an interview said that India is ready to provide food and healthcare facilities for the needy ones of Myanmar but they will not let them enter into the boundaries as it hampers the nation’s security. On the other hand, the Kerela CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Rahul Gandhi slammed BJP over CAA in the final phase of the election in Kerala. This move is believed to target the minority votes.

PM Modi while campaigning in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections visited the Matua Matriarch Boro Maa Binapani Devi to seek her blessings. Contested her grandson Shantanu Thakur from Bongaon with an eye for getting Matua votes. BJP succeeded in their move and wins the seat for the very first time. In Tamil Nadu, AIADMK is also not happy with the newly amended citizenship law whereas DMK targeting the votes of minorities by campaigning against the controversial law.

CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) is the act passed by the Indian Parliament on 11th December 2019. This act is meant to give citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The six minorities who attain Indian citizenship are Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Buddhists, Jains, and Christians. This list didn’t include Muslims (the main reason behind the protest).

Muslims are safe in their own motherland whereas other religions in these countries are alienated as these countries don’t follow the policy of Secularism. There were many cruelties faced by the minorities in these countries like forceful conversion, destruction of religious centers, looting their property is very common. The reports also said that the minority population is declining due to communal violence and forced conversions.

Assam has 3rd largest Muslim population in India. The Assamese believe that through CAA their citizenship got hampered whereas the Matua population in Bengal region believe that if BJP comes into power they will fulfill the longstanding demand of attaining permanent citizenship for the Matua refugees. Assamese fear that they are going to stay in detention camps built by the central government whereas the central government declined this statement.

Therefore, it is clear that these laws will be functional one day definitely as there is nothing wrong with this. CAA is just meant for giving citizenship to religious persecuted minorities from Neighboring countries not taking it.