Dirty politics, urban Naxals behind violence, says Modi
No going back on decision to implement the new law, says Amit Shah
country before December 31, 2014 because of religious persecution in their home countries. Some protesters say the law is unconstitutional because it links faith to citizenship and discriminatory because it omits Islam. Others, especially in the north-east, are worried it will legitimise the claim of outsiders in their states.
Simmering anger spilled into the streets after alleged police brutality on Sunday evening at Jamia Millia Islamia and UP’S Aligarh Muslim University. The unprecedented violent clashes at the two campuses galvanised the student community from premier institutions across India who held protests on Monday. The PM also asked protesting students to try and see whether they were not being made accomplices in a “conspiracy” where “urban naxals” and others were using their “shoulders to fire” from and serve their own interests.
“The government understands your feeling and is ready to listen you. But you have to also sense whether some political parties and urban naxals want to use your shoulders for firing,” he said, addressing students.
He also dared the Congress to announce that it will give citizenship to all Pakistanis and reverse the effective abrogation of Article 370. “The Congress should accept these challenges or otherwise stop spreading lies and rumours. It should stop playing guerilla politics, using others as its shield and desist from ruining young people as this will not be good for anyone,” the PM said.