People Getting Killed to Protest Constitution While Sukhbir Playing Dirty Politics
Countering Sukhbir Badal’s atrocious’ remarks on Afghan Sikhs in the context of the Citizenship Amendment Bill
Chandigarh : Countering Sukhbir Badal’s `atrocious’ remarks on Afghan Sikhs in the context of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said it seemed the SAD president was more interested in dirty politicking than in protecting the Constitutional ethos.
Responding to Sukhbir’s question “if he (Amarinder) favours granting Indian citizenship to Sikhs who migrated from minorities Afghanistan,” the Chief Minister said the issue at hand was not granting or not granting citizenship to a particular community. The matter related to the brazen attempt of the central government, of which Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was a part, to tinker with the Indian Constitution – the very bedrock of the country’s existence, he added.
“Sukhbir claims SAD has been fighting for the last 10 years for ensuring Indian citizenship to these people (Afghan Sikhs). Without getting into any argument over his claim, I want to ask him whether he has favours exclusion of Muslims from Indian citizenship,” said the Chief Minister.
India’s secular fabric has always been its strength and any attempt to rip it apart will be vehemently opposed by the Congress, as well as the people of the country, said Captain Amarinder. The BJP and its allies, however, seemed hell-belt on destroying this foundation with its ill-conceived actions, without thinking of the consequences, he said, citing the latest incident of a Kargil war veteran being declared a foreigner and sent to a detention camp in Assam.
“How can we question the integrity and loyalty of a soldier who has fought for the nation and risked his life to protect us,” asked Captain Amarinder, warning the NDA and its allies against the dangerous consequences of such acts. The NDA and its allies like the SAD are striking at the roots of India’s diversity, and hence the foundation on which it rests, said the Chief Minister, making it clear that neither he, nor his party, would allow such an assault on India’s character and Constitution.