Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Sunday that the Centre would not stop until all refugees in the country are granted citizenship under the amended Citizenship Act, and accused the opposition, including the Trinamool Congress, of misguiding refugees and minorities over the new law.
Not a single person will lose citizenship because of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Shah said at his first public rally in Kolkata after the 2019 general elections.
He also hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who is a bitter critic of the CAA, accusing her of "only caring about infiltrators."
At the rally, he said, "The opposition is terrorising the minorities. I assure every person from the minority community that the CAA only provides citizenship, does not take it away. It won't affect your citizenship."
Referring to the TMC's 'Didi Ke Bolo' mass outreach campaign, Shah said, "Whenever Didi asks 'Didi Ke Bolo,' you say, 'Aar Noi Anyay' meaning we will not tolerate this injustice."
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