nKailash Choudhary, Union Minister of State for agriculture and farmers welfare said Citizen Amendment Act is not to create any fear among any citizen of the country.
It has been changed to provide citizenship to the people. The opposition is spreading rumours for their political gains for selfish motives.
Talking to media at Dhamtari PWD rest house on his one day visit to district, Choudhary said there would have been no need for the changes had the country not divided on religious lines.
People from Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Boudh, Parsi and Christian communities who had arrived from Pakistan, Afganisthan and Bangladesh until December 31, 2014 will be given citizenship. They all will be eligible for citizenship in the country.
Union minister said no community in the country should fear the law as it will not take away citizenship of anyone.
He alleged that opposition had fanned the sense of insecurity among a section of community creating more confusion, which is detrimental to the society.
