Congress and left-liberal cabal are confusing Citizenship Amendment Bill with National Register of Citizens.
In reality, however, they are vastly different.
CAB seeks to grant citizenship to the persecuted minorities, except Muslims, fleeing from Islamic states of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The Bill aims to protect these persecuted minorities from proceedings against them in the claim of illegal migration.
People who have entered India on or before December 31, 2014 are eligible of citizenship, as per the proposed changes while the current law makes it mandatory for people to have resided for a minimum of 11 years in the country to be eligible for citizenship.
NRC, on the other hand, aims to remove illegal immigrants including Rohingyas from India.
Under proposed NRC provisions, immigrants will be granted citizenship if they prove that either they or their ancestors were in India on or before March 24, 1971, the eve of the Bangladesh War.
Needless Protests In Assam, Tripura
Despite these stark differences, the opposition parties, especially Congress and the left-liberal cabal are creating division in the society by arguing that CAB is nothing more than an exercise to reduce Indian Muslims to second class citizens.
The lie-campaign of left-liberal cabal is highlighting protests as though the entire Northeastern states of Assam and Tripura are up in arms against CAB.
The truth, however, is that only the non-tribal areas are protesting, which is needless because, Amit Shah, on the floor of Lok Sabha, has assured to deport illegal immigrants from India with the help of NRC. The citizens of non-tribal areas of Assam and Tripura are afraid that it would benefit a large number of "illegal" immigrants, mainly from Bangladesh.
Lies And Truth
One of the worst propaganda spread by left-liberal cabal is that CAB is anti-Muslims. The bill, in fact, seeks to grant citizenship to persecuted minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Persecuted Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Sikhs, Parsi or Christian communities who fled Pakistan and living in India before 2014, will be given citizenship after the amendment is passed.
No Indian citizen will be asked to produce any document to prove citizenship after the CAB is passed, it is just false propaganda being spread by some people.
Another lie the cabal spreading is Muslims from other countries will not be granted citizenship under CAB provisions. The fact of the matter, however, is Muslims from anywhere in the world can seek citizenship under existing laws. They can apply for Indian citizenship under section 6 of the Citizenship Act, which deals with citizenship by naturalization.
Moreover, Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh can be granted Indian citizenship under special circumstances just as India had granted citizenship to Ugandan Indians and Sri Lanka Tamils. They can also get the citizenship under the provisions of naturalisation law.
Also, CAB does not deal with deportation of illegal Muslim immigrants as it is subject matter of another law, the Foreigners Act.
The left-liberal cabal are also questioning non-inclusion of Shias, Ahmediyyas, Balochs and Rohingyas, who have been persecuted in these three countries, in CAB. They cannot be included, because, they belong to the major community there, as the bill is specifically drafted for religious minorities in those countries.
If any Muslim is being persecuted in these Islamic countries for practising their version of Islam, they can apply for asylum in India, as Tibetans did, as also large number of people from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Uganda.
Moreover, Balochs and Rohingyas are ethnic groups, opposed to religious.
Baloachs are fighting for a seperate nation and do want to migrate to other countries. Rohingya Muslims, on the other hand, are not persecuted community. They fled Myanmar due to military retaliatiation after they had attacked Buddhists and Hindus, there.
Moreover, some Rohingyas are conducting terror activities in Myanmar for a long time and hence, when they tried entering Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh, they were restricted. Therefore, Rohingyas are a potential security threat to India.
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