The BJP on Wednesday responded to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s criticism of the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Citizenship Amendment Act does not deprive any Indian of their citizenship, but gives citizenship to those who are persecuted based on their faith.

The BJP leader said Kejriwal’s peculiar statement came that outsiders will take away jobs due to the CAA. He asked what kind of logic is this? He said the people who will come to India are those who are persecuted on the basis of their religion. He asked is it not India’s moral duty and constitutional and cultural right to provide them with legal means of citizenship protection?

Prasad talking to the media said everybody should be assured that nobody’s jobs will be taken away. He said he wanted to stop those who are trying to spread communal tension in the name of CAA. He asked Kejriwal to stop spreading lies. He further added that parties from Kerala and Tamil Nadu should stop spreading hatred.

The Central government on Monday gave notification for the rules for the implementation of the CAA, 4 years after the law was passed by the Parliament in 2019. This law gives fast track citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh who came to India before December 31, 2014.

Earlier today the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attacked the Modi government over implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act and called it dirty vote bank politics aimed at taking away jobs which are meant for Indian youth. The AAP leader added if those people are brought to India and selectively settled in constituencies where the BJP government is politically weak, the vote bank of the BJP will rise. He added this increase in vote bank will give BJP a big political advantage in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday made a scathing attack on Modi government over the implementation of Citizenship Ammendment Act (CAA). He said the BJP is playing dirty vote bank politics which is aimed at taking away jobs which are meant for the Indian youth. Kejriwal said if those people who are brought to India and and settled in different constituencies where the BJP is politically weak then the vote bank of the BJP will increase. He said this will give a political advantage to the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The Delhi chief minister was addressing a press conference in New Delhi and said the Modi goverrnment instead of finding solutions to unemployment and inflation is talking about CAA. He added under the CAA minority communities from  Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh will be given Indian citizenship.

He said this means these people will be brought to our country in large numbers and will also be given jobs and houses. Kejriwal further added that the Modi government is not able to give jobs to youth of India but will give employment to people from Pakistan. He said instead of giving jobs  and spending money on the people of India the BJP is spending money on the settlement of people from other countries.

The Central government on Monday gave notification on the implementation of CAA, 4 years after the parliament passed the law in 2019. This law fast tracks citizenship for undocumented non-muslim migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. While talking to the media Kejriwal said people should express their anger by voting against the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.The Delhi Chief minister said the CAA is designed so that the vote bank of BJP can be strengthened in select constituencies. He said the cutoff date of 2014 will be extended in the future.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday asked Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to leave BJP if he was being insulted. He said the opposition in Maharashtra would ensure his victory in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Thackeray was speaking at the rally at Pusad in eastern Maharshtra’s Yavatmal district. He said people like Kripashankar Singh who were being targeted by BJP over alleged corruption was seen in BJP’s first list of candidates along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said Gadkari’s name was missing from the list.

Thackeray said he had told Gadkari 2 days ago to leave BJP and join Maha Vikas Aghadi if he is being insulted. He said the opposition in Maharashtra will ensure his victory. He added that Gadkari will be made a minister when Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP(SP) and Congress alliance comes to power in the state.

Earlier Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responded to Thackeray’s offer to Nitin Gadkari to contest as a candidate of the opposition and said it was like a man on the street offering someone to make US President. Fadnavis added that Gadkari is a prominent leader of the BJP but the first list did not have his name from Maharashtra as seat sharing discussions between the BJP and its allies are not over.

Thackeray further added the notification of rules under the Citizenship Amendment Act is an election jumla. He said Parsis, Sikhs, Hindus and others coming to India from neighbouring countries are welcome but the timing of the notification comes just before the Lok Sabha elections.

He added it has been 4 years since Article 370 has been removed , but no elections have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir and the Kashmiri Pandits have not yet returned to their homes in the state. Thackeray added the BJP should bring back Kashmiri Pandits to the state and them move forward on the implementation of CAA.