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Veteran BJP leader Tathagata Roy has courted controversy after he suggested that a circumcision test should take place to determine the religion of a male person seeking citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act that was implemented last week...
CAA completely excludes Muslims from conferring citizenship..
Today, former Governor of Meghalaya and ex-@BJP4Bengal State President, @tathagata2, sunk to new depths of BIGOTRY by suggesting that clinical tests should be performed to determine one's religion based on circumcision, and citizenship should be granted accordingly...
Amid severe backlash, Roy clarified his earlier remarks on CAA and said he made the suggestion in view of the Muslims' exclusion from the law to grant citizenship...
"Finally, every non-Muslim who declares he or she has come away from Islamic persecution in Bangladesh must be presumed to be a citizen of India unless otherwise proved," he further said.. Roy also accused the Trinamool Congress of "raining disinformation" about people who fled Bangladesh due to persecution there...
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