अगर CAA किसी की नागरिकता नहीं छीन रहा और ये बात कांग्रेस को मालूम है तो सोनिया गांधी लोगों को घर से निकलने, सड़क पर… https://t.co/aH1HGNUhi6 — Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) 1584025673000

NPR not to mark any citizen 'doubtful': Amit Shah

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah and senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday engaged in a heated exchange over Citizenship (Amendment) Act during the debate on Delhi riots in Rajya Sabha Replying to the debate, Amit Shah stated that hate speeches started soon after the CAA was passed and accused the opposition of misleading the Muslims by spreading misinformation that their citizenship will be taken away by the CAA."Fear was instilled in the hearts of minorities, especially in the hearts of Muslim brothers and sisters across the country that the CAA was take away their citizenship," Amit Shah said.To this Kapil Sibal responded by saying that "No one is saying that CAA will take away anyone's citizenship."Sibal's response led to sharp reactions from the treasury benches. Amit Shah also reacted strongly to Sibal's remark and said he could cite several speeches of Congress leaders who had said that CAA would take away the citizenship of the minorities.Amid the exchanges between the two sides, Kapil Sibal went on to say that it was the NPR that was a problem, specifically the additional questions that were to be put before people during the process.Those who did not give satisfactory response to these questions would be marked "doubtful" during the NPR process, Sibal claimed.Amit Shah strongly denied this claim and made a categorical statement that no one would be marked doubtful during the process of NPR and no documents would be sought during the process.The Union home minister said that false propaganda is being spread about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to create a sense of fear among the minority community people."I would like to tell my Muslim brothers and sisters that false propaganda is being spread on the issue of CAA. This Act is not to take anyone's citizenship but to give citizenship," said Shah while replying to the debate on menacing Delhi violence in the Rajya Sabha.Earlier, initiating a short-duration debate in Rajya Sabha on the recent law and order situation in some parts of Delhi, Sibal alleged that while the national capital was burning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was silent on the matter for 70 hours and the police machinery was busy destroying evidences and supporting violence or rioters.Pointing towards Amit Shah, who was present in the Upper House, Sibal asked why FIRs were not registered against those who delivered hate speeches that "incited" communal violence in Delhi."You can do anything to protect cows, but not human beings? Do we need to bring another Article to ensure the protection of human beings," he said, referring to provisions of the Constitution on cow protection.