SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, has voiced apprehensions concerning the Centre’s implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), alleging that it goals to create a Hindu-Muslim divide and divert consideration from the BJP’s perceived weaknesses. In a press convention on the social gathering workplace in Srinagar, Mufti labelled the transfer as anti-Muslim, accusing the BJP of trying to instigate pressure and unrest. She highlighted the BJP’s alleged technique of demolishing mosques and creating provocations, emphasizing their need to see folks take to the streets.
Don’t Fall Into The BJP’s Trap: Mufti
Mufti cautioned Muslims in opposition to reacting impulsively, urging them to interact in a authorized battle as an alternative of taking to the streets. She emphasised considerate voting and understanding of the BJP’s alleged gameplan. Speaking to the reporters on the social gathering workplace in Srinagar, the PDP president stated, ‘When we take a look at BJP’s report card of final ten years concerning unemployment, farmers, and the considered taking the nation backwards, they (BJP) at the moment are making an attempt their finest to create a rift between Hindu’s and Muslims.”
VIDEO | Here’s what former Jammu and Kashmir CM and JKPDP president Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) stated on CAA implementation.
“When we look at BJP’s 10-year regime, there are issues like unemployment, farmers’ issues, inflation. They want to take the country back 1,000 years… pic.twitter.com/yIpGzNxY8w
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 13, 2024
Mufti additional stated, ”They (BJP) need the folks to return out on the roads, and for this they’ve been doing issues like demolishing mosques, on the lookout for an idol within the mosque. Recently, the person who saved the folks caught in a tunnel, his home was additionally demolished. They tried every part and so they have realized that Muslims are usually not approaching the roads like they anticipated and now with CAA they only wish to provoke folks.” “Muslims want to not come on the roads because the case shall be fought legally. People have to forged their vote after correct pondering,” stated the previous chief minister whereas urging the Muslims to know the BJP’s alleged gameplan and never fall into its lure.
“77 years after partition BJP is still wedded to the concept of two nation theory of Hindu Mahasabha. To further their agenda they have thus implemented CAA to create another partition among our people,” Mehbooba has posted on X.
77 years after partition BJP continues to be wedded to the idea of two nation concept of Hindu Mahasabha . To additional their agenda they’ve thus applied CAA to create one other partition amongst our folks . This sudden urgency in its implementation regardless of the case being pending in…
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) March 12, 2024
BJP’s Religious Agenda Exposed: Omar Abdullah
Meanwhile, National Conference Vice-President, Omar Abdullah, additionally echoed Mufti’s issues, stating that the BJP’s use of faith within the upcoming polls was evident. Abdullah expressed shock on the timing of the CAA announcement, simply days earlier than the election notification, and stated that the Centre singled out Muslims within the controversial laws.
Centre Notifies Rules For CAA Implementation
The Union Home Ministry not too long ago notified the foundations for implementing the CAA, fulfilling Home Minister Amit Shah’s earlier promise. The legislation, handed in 2019, goals to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Despite protests and delays, the CAA is ready to be applied, with an internet portal established for a digital utility course of. The guidelines embrace disclosing the entry 12 months into India with out extra documentation.
Centre Vs Opposition Over CAA
The delayed implementation of the CAA, which has been within the works for over 4 years, has raised questions concerning the authorities’s dedication. Critics argue that pointers ought to have been formulated inside six months of receiving presidential assent, as per parliamentary procedures. With over 100 lives misplaced throughout protests and police actions, the CAA stays a contentious problem, particularly in West Bengal. The BJP sees its implementation as a major issue contributing to the social gathering’s rise within the state.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs annual report, between April 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021, 1,414 people from non-Muslim minority communities have been granted Indian citizenship beneath the Citizenship Act of 1955. The citizenship-granting authorities have been applied in 9 states, excluding Assam and West Bengal. Despite robust objections from the Opposition events, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has in previous reaffirmed the BJP’s dedication to implementing the controversial CAA, dismissing any chance of halting its enforcement.
