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Demand to repeal CAA gains ground in UP
Muslim organisations have urged the government to repeal the CAA after PM Modi announced the withdrawal of the farm laws.
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Demand to repeal CAA gains ground in UP
IANS| Posted by Mohammed Baleegh | Published: 21st November 2021 2:50 pm IST
Lucknow: Several Muslim organisations and members of civil society have now urged the government to repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Act after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of the farm laws.
BSP MP from Amroha, Kunwar Danish Ali, has called for the repeal of the CAA “without further delay”.
“Repealing 3 Farm Laws is a welcome move. I congratulate farmers for their willpower to fight, sacrifice and defeat the mighty state power and their crony capitalist friends. Prime Minister Modi must also reconsider and repeal CAA ‘without further delay’,” he tweeted.
Jamiat president Maulana Arshad Madani welcomed the announcement of withdrawal of the three farm laws and lauded the farmers for their “success”.
Madani claimed that the agitation against the CAA encouraged farmers to protest the farm laws.
He demanded that just like the Agri laws, the CAA should be withdrawn.
He said that the decision to withdraw the farm laws has shown that democracy and the power of the people are paramount.
“Every effort was made to subdue the farmers’ movement just as it was done with all other agitations in the country,” Madani alleged.
Darul Uloom Deoband spokesman, Maulana Sufiyan Nizami, said that just like the farm laws, the government should take back the CAA for harmony and peace in society.
S.R. Darapuri, a social activist, also said that time has come for the CAA to be repealed, adding that the people’s sentiments should be respected.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, another activist who participated in the anti-CAA protests said that “like-minded people” were mulling restarting their agitation that had been called off during the pandemic.
“The farmers have shown the way and if sustained protests by them can force repealing of farm laws, why can’t we do the same?” she queried.
The CAA was notified on December 12, 2019, and came into force with effect from January 10, 2020.
After the CAA was passed by Parliament, widespread protests were witnessed in different parts of the country.
The CAA is aimed at granting Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan but Muslims do not find a mention.
Repeal CAA or prepare for another Shaheen Bagh: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in UP
The demand has come days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre would repeal the three contentious farm laws amid fierce protests against it.
Repeal CAA or prepare for another Shaheen Bagh: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in UP
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Updated Nov 22, 2021 | 06:42 IST
The demand has come days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre would repeal the three contentious farm laws amid fierce protests against it.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi | Photo Credit: ANI
Lucknow: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday asked the Central government to withdraw the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and threatened with protests if the demand is not met.
Owaisi said that the AIMIM will take to streets to Uttar Pradesh demanding a repeal of the CAA or else they will make another Shaheen Bagh in the state.
While addressing a public meeting in Barabunki, he said, "I demand from the Bharatiya Janata Party government to repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)."
Owaisi said that the Centre should consider repealing CAA in the same manner in which the three farm laws have been repealed.
"If the government makes the law on the National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) then we will hit the streets again, we will make Shaheen bagh here too. I myself would come here," he added.
"The farmers do not trust the government, they say that when the Parliament starts and the bill is introduced, then we will decide," he said.
The demand has come days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre would repeal the three contentious farm laws amid fierce protests against it.
Ahead of the next year's Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) announced that it will contest elections on 100 seats out of the 403 assembly seats. The party said it is in talks with other parties as well to form an alliance.
Previously, in the 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party bagged 312 seats out of the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh Assembly while Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 47 seats, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) won 19 and Congress could manage to win only seven seats. The rest of the seats were bagged by other candidates.
