About 80 per cent of those who came to India to escape religious persecution in Bangladesh and Pakistan are either members of the scheduled caste or Dalits. Opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act which is in their favour, amounts to opposing the welfare of the Dalits. The Bharatiya Janata Party Anusuchit Jati Morcha national office bearer Sanjay Nirmal said this while addressing the media here on Wednesday.
He said that SC and Dalit community members have been persecuted the most in Pakistan and Bangladesh. “They are not allowed to undergo education or have the right to equality in society there. They are there only to do menial jobs. They are also forced to convert with the Dalit community facing religious persecution the most. Minorities in Pakistan had dwindled from 23 per cent to three per cent.
They have either been forcibly converted or been killed. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act is in their favour but the Congress and other opposition parties are opposing the Act,” said Nirmal. He thanked the prime minister Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah for the CAA, stating that the scheduled and Dalit communities are grateful for this.
The public awareness campaign will be stepped up further to inform the members of the scheduled caste and Dalit communities about the CAA and to expose the lies being spread about this Act by the opposition, he said.
