Amit Shah on CAA: Ever since the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) came into force, the opposition has been calling it a divisive law. The India alliance formed through opposition parties has said that if they come to power, they will repeal the CAA. On this, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that it is impossible to reverse CAA. This is constitutional law. He also said that CAA will never be withdrawn. We will not compromise on this.
In an interview given to news agency ANI, Amit Shah said, ‘CAA law will never be withdrawn. It is our sovereign right to ensure Indian citizenship in our country, we will never compromise with it. He said that the opposition is doing politics on this issue because it has to strengthen the vote bank. The opposition has no work, they have not yet fulfilled what they have said. Whatever our government says, it fulfills it.
‘India alliance will never come to power’- Amit Shah
During the interview, when he was asked that the opposition leaders were saying that if the India Coalition government is formed in 2024, they will withdraw the CAA. On this, Amit Shah said, ‘They know that the India alliance will not come to power. CAA has been brought by the BJP government led by PM Modi. It is impossible to cancel CAA. This is a completely constitutionally valid law.
He said, ‘The Supreme Court has not banned this law. I want to ask Uddhav Thackeray to clarify whether CAA should be implemented or not. He wants minority votes and is doing appeasement politics. Actually, Uddhav Thackeray had said that BJP has brought CAA as an election gimmick. The case is still going on in the court and a notification has been issued.
CAA has nothing to do with NRC
The Home Minister also clarified that CAA has nothing to do with NRC. CAA will be implemented in Assam as well as the rest of the country. CAA will not be implemented only in the North East states where two types of special rights have been given. He said that this includes those areas where there is a provision for Inner Line Permit (ILP) and those areas which have been given special status under the 6th Schedule of the Constitution.