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Modi says citizenship law not anti-Muslim
Accusing the main opposition Congress party of condoning the recent violence by not condemning it, Modi said opponents were "spreading rumours that all Muslims will be sent to detention camps". "There are no detention centres. All these stories about detention centres are lies, lies and lies," he said. Modi also said that there had been "no discussion" about a nationwide "register of citizens", which many Muslims in India fear is targeted mainly at them. Home Minister Amit Shah, Modi´s close ally, has said repeatedly that such an exercise will take place, including in parliament aimed at removing all "infiltrators" from India. This year such a register in Assam state left off 1.9 million people unable to prove they or their forebears were there before 1971. They now face possible statelessness. Assam has six functional detention centres holding more than 1,000 people in the northeastern state, and plans another 11.The Home Ministry in June issued a "2019 Model Detention Manual" to states, asking them to set up camps in major entry points. Islamic groups, the opposition and others at home and abroad fear this forms part of Modi´s aim to marginalise India´s 200 million Muslims and remould the country as a Hindu nation, something he denies. The US State Department this week urged New Delhi to “protect the rights of its religious minorities in keeping with India´s constitution and democratic values”. Several thousand people took part in Modi’s rally Sunday where he accused the opposition of distorting facts to trigger protests. “The law does not impact 1.3 billions Indians, and I must assure Muslim citizens of India that this law will not change anything for them,” said Modi, adding that his government introduces reforms without any religious bias. “We have never asked anyone if they go to a temple or a mosque when it comes to implementing welfare schemes,” he said. Modi’s nationalist party plans to hold more than 200 news conferences to counter the protests as anger grows over what critics say is an attack on the country’s secular constitution. Modi’s government says that the new law is required to help non-Muslim minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who fled to India before 2015 by providing them with a pathway to Indian citizenship. But many Indians feel that the CAA discriminates against Muslims and violates the country’s secular constitution by making religion a test for citizenship. As the country continues to remain on the edge over protests against the citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) combined with NDA government’s promise to get a pan- India NRC, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appeared to be backtracking on what Home Minister Amit Shah has promised on multiple forums, including the Parliament. Addressing a massive gathering in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan amid the continued protests over CAA across the country, including the national capital, PM Modi said his government had never discussed anything about an NRC apart from the one in Assam. PM Modi said on Sunday, “I want to tell the 130 crore people of India that ever since my government came to power in 2014 from then until now there has been no discussion on NRC anywhere, we only had to implement it in Assam to follow Supreme Court directives.” Modi said lies were being spread about the NRC and asserted that the previous Congress governments had mooted it. His government has not discussed it so far either in Parliament or in Cabinet, he added. However, PM Modi also added that infiltrators never “reveal” themselves unlike refugees who never “hide” their identities. — Agencies Protests against the new law come amid the slowest economic growth in more than six years, rising unemployment and growing discontent by several surprise government decisions. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Modi says citizenship law not anti-Muslim || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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