National People’s Party MP Agatha Sangma on Sunday demanded the repeal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act during a meeting of the National ...
National People’s Party MP Agatha Sangma on Sunday demanded the repeal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act during a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance before the Winter Session of Parliament, PTI reported.
Sangma said that a decision was taken to repeal the three agriculture-related laws keeping in mind the interest of the people. “...Therefore, I requested the government to repeal the CAA keeping in mind the same sort of sentiments of the people from the North East,” the MP from Meghalaya’s Tora constituency said.
“I made this demand on behalf of my party and people from the North East,” she added.
Sangma said that there has been no response from the government so far but it has taken note of the demand.
The National People’s Party heads a coalition government in Meghalaya, which includes the Bharatiya Janata Party. Agatha Sangma’s brother Conrad Sangma is the chief minister of Meghalaya.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act citizenship to refugees from six minority religious communities from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the condition that they have lived in India for six years and entered the country by December 31, 2014.
Critics fear that the CAA when used in conjunction with the National Register Citizens will allow the government to force many Muslims to prove their citizenship. The government and...
