Hyderabad: India will not accept any black law and the protest will continue until the Citizenship Amendment Bill is rolled back, said CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday while addressing a protest meeting against CAA, NRC, and NPR held here at the old city of Hyderabad. He warned people of misleading propaganda in the name of an awareness campaign in favour of the draconian law.
Mr Amir Ali Khan news editor Siasat, CPI leader and former MP Mr Syed Aziz Pasha, Mr Majeedullah Khan Farhat president Majlis Bachao Tahreek (MBT), Mr Ali Masqati TDP leader, Mr M A Sattar, comrade Syed Abbas, Mr Abdus Sattar Mujahid, comrade Srinivas and others also spoke on the occasion.
Sitaram Yechury claimed that the government is working on divide and rule policy. He said despite opposition on national level government is trying to forcefully impose the law but sincere citizens of the country have announced that they will not to show papers (ham kaaghaz nahi dikhaen ge)
Mr Yechury told that CPM was ready to accept the law if the countries and religions were not mentioned in it. But the government with a planned conspiracy restricted the law to non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan Pakistan and Bangladesh which is against the constitution.
Yechury called the CAA discriminatory, arbitrary and violative of the idea of India. He said instead of paying attention to important issues concerning economy, higher education or health, the BJP government is sharpening the communal divide in the country.
Yechury also criticised the pan-India implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) saying if it is implemented many people not having documents will be left out. Saying that the National Population Register (NPR) which was implemented during the Congress regime was much different than how it has been envisaged now, Yechury claimed that it is a first step towards the implementation of pan-India NRC.
Mr Amir Ali Khan said as the central government has failed on all fronts, it is distracting public attention from the fundamental issues by bringing legislation. Mr Amir Ali Khan said no power can drive out Muslims from India nor can deprive them of their rights. But Muslims should also stand up and fight for their rights, he said.