New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said that if the Central government harasses the general public of the nation through 'vague' laws like the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), then such 'black laws' won't be supported.
The Chief Minister said that his government will soon chair a meeting on the black laws implemented by the centre.
"We are supportive of the Central government. But if they harass the general public of this nation through vague laws like NRC and CAA, then we will never support such black laws, which divide the ethos and soul of this nation," he said while addressing the 'Save the Constitution' rally here.
The Chief Minister further maintained, "PM Modi should decide first that who is lying. The entire country is agitated because of their lies. 'Mota Bhai and Chhota Bhai' (PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah) are jointly responsible for the protests going on all over India. During the previous five years of NDA government, Modi gave 'nothing except pain' to people and now, since last seven to eight months, Amit Shah has been doing the same and has brought people out on the streets," he alleged.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) is an act that was passed in the Parliament on December 11, 2019. The 2019 CAA amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 allowing Indian citizenship for Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities who fled from the neighbouring Muslim majority countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 2014 due to 'religious persecution or fear of religious persecution'.
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