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Shah Asks Persecuted Refugees To Have Faith In Modi-Led Govt

By LokMarg 14th March 2024

Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured persecuted refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to have faith in the Narendra Modi government and said that under the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), everyone will be given equal rights as they will now become citizens of India.

“There are a lot of people, there is no count as of now. Due to the wrong campaign going on, many people will hesitate to file an application. I want to assure everyone to apply here and have faith in the Narendra Modi government that you will be given citizenship with retrospective effect. This law is accepting you as a refugee. If you have entered India illegally, there will be no criminal case against you…There is no need for anyone to get scared. Everyone will be given equal rights as they will become the citizens of India,” Amit Shah said in an interview with ANI on being asked about the number of people getting citizenship after CAA.

The Home Minister said there is no need for any section or any person to fear because there is no provision in CAA to take away anyone’s citizenship.

“CAA is only to give rights to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, Christians and Parsi refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan…”

Answering a query, he said those who get citizenship under CAA will be added to the citizenship list like every common citizen of India. “They will have as many rights as you or I have. They can contest elections and become MP, MLA, CM and Ministers.”

“All those people who have entered India between 15th August 1947 and 31st December 2014 are welcome here. As per my knowledge, there are 85 per cent people who have relevant documents. We will find a solution for those who don’t have the documents. Even Muslims have the right to apply for citizenship in India under the rules of the Constitution,” he added.

The Home Minister assured the minorities that there was no case for their rights to be taken away by the implementation of the CAA.

“I have spoken on CAA at least 41 times on different platforms and spoken on it in detail that the minorities of the country need not be afraid because it has no provision to take back the rights of any citizen. The CAA aims to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants–including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians–who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014, and through this law, their sufferings can be ended” he added.

The Home Minister was critical of opposition leaders like AIMIM’s Asaddudin Owaisi and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for claiming that the CAA was anti-Muslim.

“You cannot see this law in isolation. On August 15, 1947, our country was partitioned. Our country was partitioned into three parts; this is the background. Bharatiya Jan Sangh and BJP were always against the Partition. We never wanted that country to be partitioned based on religion,” he said.

“So when the country was partitioned on the basis of religion, minorities faced persecution, they were being converted, women in the minority section were being tortured and came to India. They came to our refuge; don’t they have a right to get our citizenship? Even Congress leaders during the partition in their speeches said that those minorities should stay wherever they are due to the widespread bloodshed and they will be welcomed later in our country. Now they started doing vote bank politics and due to appeasement,” Shah added.

The Home Minister said that it was the moral duty of the government to ensure the rights of those who were persecuted.

“The people who were part of Akhand Bharat and who were prosecuted or tortured those people should be given refuge in India and this is our social and Constitutional responsibility. Now if you look closely at the statistics, in Pakistan when the partition happened there were 23 per cent Hindus and Sikhs but now only 3.7 per cent of Hindus and Sikhs are left. where are they? They have not returned here. They were converted, tortured, and insulted they were given second-class status. Where will they go? Will the country not think about them, will Parliament will not think about them, and should the political parties not think about them?” the Home Minister said.

On March 11, the Union Home Ministry notified rules for the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The CAA, introduced by the Narendra Modi government and passed by Parliament in 2019, aims to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants–including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians–who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014. (ANI)

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I Am An Organic Product Of Vidyarthi Parishad: Shah

By LokMarg 8th December 2023

Union Minister Amit Shah lauded the Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad for its journey and said that I am an organic product of Vidyarthi Parishad.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the inaugural event of the 69th National Convention of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

“I want to say without hesitation that I am an organic product of Vidyarthi Parishad. Few organizations, even among student bodies, can boast of a journey as enduring and impactful as ours – seventy-five years strong and unwavering in our commitment to fulfilling the goals and objectives of the Vidyarthi Parishad,” said Amit Shah at the inaugural event of the 69th National Convention of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

“Students are inherently young and energetic, brimming with passion, sometimes to the point of losing sight of the path. Yet, the Vidyarthi Parishad has remained steadfast, its organizational structure so strong and well-maintained that it has neither strayed from its path. The organizational system of the Vidyarthi Parishad remained so strong and well maintained that neither did the Vidyarthi Parishad lose its way in seventy-five years, nor did it allow the government to lose its way, nor did it allow the society to lose its way.” added Amit Shah.

Amit Shah said that the Vidyarthi Parishad fought on many occasions.

“The Vidyarthi Parishad fought on many occasions. By imbibing its basic mantra of knowledge, modesty and unity, it patiently paved a path and the workers of Vidyarthi Parishad struggled with every challenge that came in front of the country, in front of the education world and in front of the borders of the country. Have done. This will be written in golden letters in the history of the country,” said Amit Shah.

“ABVP says – Be it Kashmir or Guwahati, our country is our soil. Today I say that Kashmir is ours and North East is also ours, ” added the Union Minister.

Amit Shah recalled his days when he participated in the Rajkot convention as a worker of ABVP.

“I will not be able to explain to you how proud I am to be present here today as the chief guest of the national convention. Only that person can experience this, who started by sitting at the end of the pandal in the Rajkot convention and is standing here today as the chief guest,” said Amit Shah.

“In front of every challenge, the Student Council stands strong like the Himalayas and solves that problem,” Amit Shah said. (ANI)

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Bill On Delhi Services Does Not Violate SC Judgement: Shah

By LokMarg 7th August 2023

Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the bill on Delhi services to replace ordinance does not violate the judgement of Supreme Court and rejected allegations that the bill is unconstiutional.

Replying to the debate in the Rajya Sabha on the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, Amit Shah took a dig at the Congress over Emergency imposed in 1975 and said it has no right to speak on democracy.

“The bill doesn’t violate the Supreme Court order…The aim is to make sure corruption-free administration in Delhi,” Amit Shah said.

Attacking Aam Aadmi Party, Amit Shah said that there were BJP and Congress governments in Delhi earlier and there was no dispute over sharing of power.

“Earlier, there were no fights over transfer postings in Delhi, no CMs had any problems….In 2015, a govt came up after an ‘andolan’….Some people said that the Centre wants to take power into its hands. The Centre doesn’t need to do so as the people of India have given us the power and the right….,” he said.

Referring to I.N.D.I.A alliance, the Home Minister targeted Congress over joining hands with AAP and said the Congress was opposing the bill which was in consonance with the law it had enacted.

“If you have conscience,. You will support the bill but you want to save the alliance,” Amit Shah said.

“…We are making amendments to Constitution not to bring Emergency…Congress has no right to speak on democracy,” he added.

The Home Minister said AAP was born to oppose the Congress and it will continue to do so. He also targeted parties in I.N.D.I.A alliance over their competing electoral interests and said Narendra Modi will return as Prime Minister in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The Bill seeks to replace the ordinance brought by the Centre in May this year, days after the Supreme Court judgement on the control of services in Delhi. (ANI)