‘Indian Muslims Shouldn’t Fear Citizenship Bill’: Amit Shah in RS

“Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh cannot be given citizenship in India,” Shah said.

While introducing the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, 11 December, Home Minister Amit Shah said that Indian Muslims “were, are and will remain Indian citizens”.

Moving the Bill, that provides Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Shah said minorities in the three nations do not get equal rights.

“Muslims in India don’t need to fear about the Bill, but Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh cannot be given citizenship in India.”

Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha