India’s CAA discussed in detail at UN Office in Geneva

Updated:5 years, 8 months ago

Geneva (Switzerland), 29 Feb (ANI): The Parliament of India passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 on 11 December 2019 to fight against illegal migration. The CAA grants citizenship to the six religious communities including Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh that have faced religious persecution in these countries. However, it was criticised for discriminating against people according to their religion by not including the Muslim community as one of the beneficiaries of the citizenship. Fulvio Martusciello, insisting on the ever-present brotherhood and peace in the country, stated that the CAA will not affect the rights of minorities and it has no provisions that include Indian citizens. With this act, several rights including electoral and educational rights will be given through Indian citizenship to the persons who have been faced with religious persecution in their country. Atika Farooqui started her speech that neither she nor the Indians do not see the cast, gender, religion, or race when looking at someone. The religion in India according to Farooqui is considered a culture that makes the country colourful with food habits, languages, and dances. She concluded with: “We, Indians, are just curious and hardworking people with Muslim, Christian, Sikh and Hindu sounding names”.

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