No one can stop CAA implementation in Bengal; BJP keeps its promises: Rajnath
Defence minister says promises such as abolishing Article 370 in J-K, abolishing “triple talaq”, and constructing Ram Temple in Ayodhya have been fulfilled
No one can stop the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) in West Bengal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday (April 21), asserting that the BJP delivers on its promises.
He emphasised that the CAA is not meant to take away anyone’s citizenship but is a law for granting Indian citizenship to people displaced from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan on religious grounds.
“BJP delivers on promises”
“The Congress, Trinamool Congress, or the Left parties make promises during elections that are not fulfilled, but the BJP delivers on its promises,” he said, addressing a rally in Malda in support of Khagen Murmu, the BJP candidate from Malda Uttar constituency.
Singh asserted that no one can stop the implementation of CAA in West Bengal, along with the rest of India.
“Mamata didi says she will not allow CAA in her state. Why is she trying to hoodwink the people of West Bengal?” Singh said.
The Centre implemented the CAA in March, notifying the rules four years after the law was passed by Parliament to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014.
Modi’s pledge
Singh said India is treated with respect under the Narendra Modi-led government, unlike under previous dispensations.
“When we say something in an international forum, people listen with respect,” he said, adding that Modi’s pledge is to turn India into a developed country by 2047.
Singh said promises such as abolishing Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and constructing the Ram Temple in Ayodhya have been fulfilled, and there are indications of the coming into being of a “Ram Rajya”.
The defence minister said the BJP government at the Centre has also delivered on its promise of abolishing “triple talaq”.
On going “beyond borders”
“We can not only bring to book terrorists inside our territory, but if anyone tries to attack our unity and pride from outside, we can dare to go beyond our borders to teach them a lesson; this is our strength,” Singh said.
Slamming the TMC, he alleged that only extortionists, criminals, and the corrupt have flourished in Bengal since the party came to power.
The senior BJP leader also accused the state government of denying people benefits of central welfare projects.
(With agency inputs)