New Delhi: Hitting out at Amit Shah for saying that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a must for national security, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said Tuesday no law that excludes any faith can exist in India and the Union Home Minister should stop ‘fostering divisions’ in the country.
Sitaram Yechury’s remarks come soon after Amit Shah while addressing a BJP seminar in Kolkata said the NRC, which till now is restricted to Assam, is essential for the security of the country and will be implemented.
Home Minister Amit Shah made it clear that Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist refugees will be accorded Indian citizenship beforehand with the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
“All faiths mean ALL faiths: Jews, Parsis, Hindus, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, non-believers & every other. No law that excludes any faith stands the test of India. HM must stop fostering divisions & attempts to damage India and hurt Indians (sic),” Yechury said in a tweet.
“India rejected the two-nation theory put forth by Savarkar and Jinnah, and that is our constitutional principle. India belongs to all Indians, irrespective of their caste, creed, gender, colour, creed, faith, eating habits, occupation or political beliefs,” Yechury added.
The CPI(M) general secretary alleged that the ‘puppet police’ of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) had arrested CPI(M) state committee member Palash Das and 16 others who were showing black flags to the Home Minister upon his arrival.
In another tweet, said, “17 of our comrades arrested and still in custody for a protest planned against Amit Shah. As TMC only permits BJP to protest!”
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