CAA only solution to citizenship problem of Hindu Bengalis: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: “The Citizenship Amendment Act is the only solution to Hindu Bengalis’ citizenship problem. Unless it is implemented, we do not have any other system to solve the difficulties faced by the Hindu Bengali people with regard to citizenship,” said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while hitting out at Assam Congress leader Debabrata Saikia.
Saikia had launched an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the issue of a sizable number of Hindu families receiving notices to prove their citizenship in the last few days in the Udalguri and Tamulpur districts. Saikia said that the BJP campaigns in every election about giving protection to Hindu families, but in Assam, people belonging to that community were being ‘harassed’ to prove their citizenship. “In the past few weeks, several families in Udalguri and Tamulpur received notices to prove their citizenship,” he said.
Reacting to Saikia’s comment, the Chief Minister said that only the implementation of CAA could solve the problems of Hindu Bengalis.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed in both Houses of Parliament in December 2019. The rules to implement the Act have not been framed till now. The Union Home Ministry has already taken several extensions to frame the CAA rules. The Act aims to provide citizenship to Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians purportedly fleeing persecution from India’s Muslim-majority neighbours; namely, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
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