New Delhi:
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday moved the Supreme Court against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). His move comes even as a number of Muslim influencers have come out in support of the law.
Owaisi also questioned the fate of 1.5 lakh Muslims, who were allegedly left out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list in Assam.
“Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the 12 lakh Hindus listed in the NRC conducted in the state will be given Indian citizenship under CAA, but what about the 1.5 lakh Muslims? People are saying nothing is going to happen immediately. I want to tell them that things take time to unfold…” Owaisi was quoted as saying by ANI during a public meeting in Hyderabad on Friday.
Dr Feroz Bakht Ahmed, former chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MAANU), had earlier told News18 that there’s nothing for the Muslim community to debate or protest about the CAA since it does not concern them.
“Every channel is debating CAA, leading to the perception that there are issues with CAA… but there’s nothing to debate…there should only be discussions which clarify that this law is about giving right not taking away,” Ahmed said.
When asked about the spectre of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that has been raised by opposition politicians like Mamata Banerjee and Asaduddin Owaisi, Ahmed said, “NRC kal aata hai, aaj aa jaye (Doesn’t matter whether NRC comes today or tomorrow). Why should an Indian Muslim, who has sacrificed for this country, shed his blood against the British…why should he worry? So many other Islamic countries including Pakistan have NRC…Only the illegal immigrant should fear the NRC.”
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