No Muslim living in India will lose citizenship, Opposition creating confusion: Rajnath on CAA

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Ghaziabad, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said no Muslim living in India will lose his or her citizenship and accused the opposition parties of creating confusion in the community about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act..

Addressing an election rally in support of the party's Lok Sabha candidate Atul Garg in Ghaziabad, he said the BJP does not engage in politics on the basis of caste, creed and religion but stands for nation-building...

The rules for the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, were notifies in March this year, four years after the contentious law was passed by Parliament to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014...

No matter what caste or creed one is born in or a follower of any religion or sect, we consider everyone as a member of our family," Singh said.. "Sisters and brothers, anyone who is a Muslim living in India is not going to lose their citizenship..

The minister said the BJP has delivered on what it promised in its manifestos since the days when the party was known as Jana Sangh, whether it was the issue of Ram temple in Ayodhya or abolishing triple talaq...

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