CAA to benefit Minorites, Parties opposing it running Pakistan’s agenda in J&K: BJP leader Altaf Thakur
Number of minorities increased in India manifold post-Independence, reduced in Pak miserably; Centre’s historic decision to give citizenship to minorities a big step
Srinagar, March 17: Senior BJP leader and party’s J&K spokesman Altaf Thursday accused the parties opposing CAA of being supporters of Pakistan stating that if a fact check is done that would show that the number of minorities has increased manifold in India post Independence while same showed a drastic decline in Pakistan.
In a statement issued here, Thakur said that implementation of CAA is a major move to protect the minorities who started residing in India in 2014 after fleeing from Pakistan and Afghanisation. “A large number of people migrated to India to take shelter. The number of minorities went up to Rs 25 Crore from 5- 8 Crore at the time of independence while the same number decreased in Pakistan from 20 to just 2 per cent. The fact remains that CAA is a big protection for the minorities who are presently living in the country,” said Thakur.
He said that the parties raising hue and cry about the implementation of CAA in the country are the enemies of minorities and direct supporters of Pakistan. “Pakistan used the model of cutting the size of minorities by creating the fear psychosis among Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 thereby pushing lakhs of KPs out of Kashmir just to ensure Kashmir is merged with Pakistan. But the country miserably failed in its endeavour,” Thakur said.
He said that those opposing CAA implementation in the country are in a way supporting Pakistan and hence should be taken to task. “I wonder who the act granting citizenship to minorities including Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, Christians, Hindus and Jains who entered India till December 31, 2014, is anti-Muslim or something based on splitting the people on religions lines,” Thakur questioned.
