India’s powerful response got here after US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller stated that the US is “concerned about the notification of the CAA’s rules in India”.
India on Friday rejected the US State Department’s “concerns” concerning the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and termed it as “misplaced, misinformed, and unwarranted”. Asserting that the CAA is about giving citizenship and never about taking it away, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated, “Lectures by those who have a limited understanding of India’s pluralistic traditions and the region’s post-partition history are best not attempted”.
“As regards the US State Department statement on the implementation of CAA and comments made by several others, we are of the view that it is misplaced, misinformed, and unwarranted,” Randhir Jaiswal stated, addressing a weekly media briefing.
“Partners and well-wishers of India should welcome the intent with which this step has been taken,” Randhir Jaiswal stated in response to questions on the Act. He added that the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 is an inner matter of India, and is in line with India’s inclusive traditions and its long-standing dedication to human rights.
The Act grants a protected haven to persecuted minorities belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist chant Parsi and Christian communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, who’ve entered India on or earlier than December 31, 2014.
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Randhir Jaiswal additional stated that there aren’t any grounds for any considerations or therapy of minorities, including that “vote bank politics should not determine views about a laudable initiative to help those in distress”.
India’s powerful response got here after US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller stated that the US is “concerned about the notification of the CAA’s rules in India”. Miller stated that the US is intently monitoring how this act shall be carried out.
The Central authorities on Monday carried out CAA, paving manner for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from neighbouring nations who entered India earlier than December 31, 2014. Critics have argued that the regulation undermines secular ideas enshrined within the Indian Constitution by excluding Muslims from its purview.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA employees and is printed from IANS)
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