Muslims who feel victimised in India can get citizenship in Pakistan: BJP MLA Vikram Saini

Uttar Pradesh's Khatauli BJP MLA Vikram Saini termed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as a law in the interest of the country and said that a law should be there in Pakistan as well so that "those Muslims who feel victimised in India can get citizenship" in the neighbouring country.

Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh): Uttar Pradesh's Khatauli BJP MLA Vikram Saini on Friday said that a law should be there in Pakistan as well so that "those Muslims who feel victimised in India can get citizenship" in the neighbouring country.

While speaking to reporters, the BJP MLA termed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as a law in the interest of the country and said, "There should be a law in Pakistan too...so that those Muslims who have been victimised here...can get citizenship in Pakistan. Let us exchange. Those who have been victimised there can come to India and those who are victimised here can go to Pakistan."

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Commenting on the JNU incident, he said, "Some anti-national type people who don't love India, work on directions of Pakistan."

CAA grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians who fled religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and came to India on or before December 31, 2014.