New Delhi, November 29, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Bharatiya Janata Party’s ally National People’s Party leader Agatha Sangma has demanded the repeal of the anti-Muslim law, Citizenship (Amendment) Act at a meeting of constituents of the ruling National Democratic Alliance as well as at the all-party meeting convened ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament in New Delhi.
Sangma, the Member of Indian Parliament from Tura in Meghalaya, urged the BJP government that as it has repealed farm laws keeping in mind the sentiments of the people, the CAA should also be repealed. Sangma made the demand at the all-party meeting called by the government as well as at a meeting of the BJP-led NDA in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union ministers Pralhad Joshi and Piyush Goyal.
“Since the farm laws have been repealed and this was done primarily keeping in mind the sentiments of the people, therefore, I requested the government to repeal the CAA keeping in mind the same sort of sentiments of the people from the Northeast,” she told the media after the NDA meeting in New Delhi.
There was no response from the government but it has taken detail notes of the demands made by the floor leaders of all parties, Sangma said. When asked whether other parties from the Northeast which are part of NDA also share the same sentiments, she said, “I made this demand on behalf of my party and people from the Northeast. I know a few others who also share the same view.”
The CAA was passed by Parliament in 2019 and had led to protests in different parts of the country. The President had given his assent to the legislation on December 12, 2019. After the CAA was passed by Parliament, widespread protests by Muslims were witnessed in India. The Muslims contend that it discriminates on the basis of religion and violates the Constitution. They also allege that the CAA along with the National Register of Citizens is intended to target the Muslim community in India.
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