Citizenship Law Does Not Affect Any Indian Citizen, Says Home Ministry

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said there was no “question mark” on or threat to citizenship of any Indian Muslim or any other citizen due to the Citizenship Amendment Act recently cleared by Parliament.

“The CAA is to provide citizenship and not to take away citizenship of any person,” he said at an event to mark Minorities Day in New Delhi. He said there were many myths around the CAA that needed to be busted. “When you speak to people there is a refrain that ‘We will get thrown out [of the country]’. That is absolutely untrue, why would anyone throw anyone out and why?” he said.

“The Congress and other parties are spreading this lie that after CAA there will be no place for Muslims in this country. That myth should be combatted,” he said.