'NRC Being Used to Target Muslim Community': TMC MP Mahua Moitra

Guwahati, June 26, 2019:

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday took up the issue of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the parliamentary session.

Mahua Moitra said that the anti-immigration laws like the NRC and Citizenship Bill advocated by the Modi government are being used to target one community in particular – Muslims.

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In her speech, the MP said, “This country is being torn apart. Citizens are being thrown out of their homes and being called ‘illegal immigrants’. People who have lived in this country for 50 years have to show a piece of paper to show that they are Indians.”

“In a country where ministers cannot produce degrees to prove that they graduated from college, you expect dispossessed people to show papers, to show that they belong to this country?” she asked pointing at Narendra Modi and Smriti Irani.

It is to be mentioned that the NRC and the Citizenship Bill has been the prime cause of chaos among the people of Assam and North East.

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