CAA: Chidambaram wants Modi’s televised Q&A session with critics

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) conferred citizenship rights instead of taking it away, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday suggested that Mr. Modi have a televised debate on the issue.

In a series of tweets, the senior Congress leader said the Prime Minister should consider debating the issue with five of his most articulate critics.

“PM says that CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) is meant to give citizenship, not take it away. Many of us believe that CAA (in conjunction with NPR or NRC) will declare many persons as ‘non-citizens’ and take away citizenship,” the former home minister said.