New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday that if the Supreme Court continues the validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act and Muslims are kept in detention camps, then there should be a large scale agitation in the country. In a program at the Jawaharlal Nehru University on this matter, Chidambaram said that after the exclusion of 19 lakh people from the NRC in Assam, the government brought the CAA so that 12 lakh of them could be given citizenship.

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A student questioned that if the Supreme Court upholds CAA, then what step can be taken? Then Chidambaram told that, "Only those out of the list will be Muslims, they will try to find them and will be excluded." They (government) will declare that Muslims are not part of the country. If a Muslim is taken out or sent to a detention camp, there should be a mass movement. ” He also said that the Congress believes that the CAA should be completely abolished. The same should be done at the political level so that the National Population Register can be avoided from 2024 onwards. Chidambaram also said that, "Someday in this government, suddenly JNU can be named Modi or Amit Shah University." He alleged that the performance of Shaheen Bagh is a hoax of the BJP. If we talk, in many countries like Israel, citizenship is being given on the basis of religion, but this may not be possible in India. Our constitution does not give its permission. We cannot support religion based oppression. We do not need to make laws for refugees.

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Chidambaram also brought to light the question, "Why does the CAA only mention minorities from 3 countries (Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan)?" Why did we not include Nepal, Bhutan and China in it? Pakistan's Ahmadiyya and Shia, Myanmar's Rohingya and Tamil Hindus also have a lot of persecution cases, so why are they excluded? "Questioning the NRC, the former finance minister said that hardly any in the world Which country will accept those living outside the document? He has said this question targeting the Modi government. Our country is religious and such laws are not possible in the country.

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