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So many things absolutely wrong about your comment.. Indian National Congress is center-left. The party in power (BJP) is extreme right. The protests are beca
by flak48 7y ago
So many things absolutely wrong about your comment..
Indian National Congress is center-left. The party in power (BJP) is extreme right.
The protests are because of this act being tied with the impending National Registry of Citizens which will strip many Indians of their citizenship (this already took place in the state of Assam)
The BJP discovered that under the NRC rules used to decide if you are a citizen or not, a lot of Hindus were stripped of their citizenship, more so than the Muslims they were targetting.
This CAA which folks are protesting against will just reclassify Non Muslims who will be stripped of their citizenship by the NRC, as citizens (assumed to be refugees) and will leave many existing Muslim citizens who have been in India since 100s of years / multiple generations stateless.
Judging by your comment, the BJP has done an excellent job packaging the CAA as an act that merely helps (Non Muslim) refugees from other countries, and has succeeded in pulling the hood over a large number of people (especially NRIs)
- knowThySelfx 7y agoSame thing which Manmohan Singh proposed back in 2003 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/when-manmohan-singh-supported-caa-bjp-posts-2003-video/videoshow/72883099.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/when-manmoha...
- ignoramous 7y agoIt would have seen the same outpouring of outrage. What's your point?
- quantummkv 7y agoThe point is that the same people that proposed this are now protesting against it. Makes you wonder why?
- ignoramous 7y ago> people that proposed this are now protesting against it. Don't paint this as an opposition fueled protest. It is an anti-government protest by ordinary citizens who deeply care about secularism as espoused by the constitution. These would have happened then, as they have happened now.
- knowThySelfx 7y agohttps://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/cpim-batted-for-cab-in-2012-but-opposes-it-in-2019/1683967 https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/cpim-batted-for-cab-... Why do they disagree with it now?
- prad9104 7y agoMr Singh never said leave Muslims out of CAA.
- knowThySelfx 7y agoHave you read the bill? When someone says "minorities facing persecution from countries like Bangladesh" what does it mean?
- flak48 7y agoYep, IIRC even Adolf Hitler implemented something very similar in the 1930s.
- flak48 7y agoSpeaking of links, here's a screenshot of a tweet that the BJP deleted today: https://gumlet.assettype.com/thequint%2F2019-12%2Fec8b77a6-801f-4d99-af8b-e1d780a92cfa%2FEMK_YrIU0AAW__p.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&w=640&format=webp&q=50&dpr= https://gumlet.assettype.com/thequint%2F2019-12%2Fec8b77a6-8... Says everything about their true intentions, the reason that everyone is protesting