New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy said that the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi had spoken about granting citizenship to Hindus and Sikhs coming to India from Pakistan even after the partition of the country, but the Congress party is opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) due to the wishes of interim president Sonia Gandhi.

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Swamy has told the press people in the Parliament House premises that former PM Manmohan Singh also said that Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan should be granted citizenship in India, but now on the will and direction of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress is opposing this law. He said that he was happy that President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Citizenship Act while addressing a joint session of Parliament today.

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When President Ram Nath Kovind mentioned the Citizenship Amendment Act in his address today, the ruling party welcomed it by thumping the table for a long time, while the members of the opposition parties made a noise which caused a disturbance in the address for some time. done. Congress members went to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and protested.

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