“Whenever the NRC is carried out, there will be no victimisation”
Q. A resolution passed by 20 Opposition parties has said that the CAA, NPR and NRC are unconstitutional, specifically targeting the poor and the downtrodden. These will crush the tribal and the linguistic and religious minorities. What do you have to say about this resolution?
A. If the main mover of the resolution, the Congress, had done their homework, they would not have exposed themselves to the charges of duplicity. Who conceived the idea of the CAA? Didn’t Dr Manmohan Singh in 2003, as the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, ask the then home minister L.K. Advani to grant citizenship to all persecuted minorities? In 2002, Ashok Gehlot, as the chief minister of Rajasthan, wrote to Advani, requesting citizenship for Hindus and Sikhs from these countries. Tarun Gogoi, as Assam chief minister, also wrote about it. When they ask for it, it’s fine. When we do it, it’s a problem. This is basically a human issue. Can we deny that the minorities in Pakistan are being subjected to barbaric treatment?
Q. Besides Opposition parties,
