Yogi Adityanath: Anti-CAA protests are conspiracy against country

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday launched a fresh attack on the Opposition parties over protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and said that the agitations are not only a protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but also a conspiracy against the country.

Addressing a public meeting organised in the support of the CAA, the UP CM said, "The ongoing protest over CAA is not only a protest against the BJP but it is also a conspiracy against the country. This law is for granting citizenship and not for taking away citizenship. The opposition parties are provoking people as they are afraid of Prime Minister Narendra Modi."

"The character of all the opposition parties, including Congress, SP that are supporting anti-India slogans, has been revealed. Under the guise of CAA, chaos is being promoted. Efforts are being made to present this law in a twisted manner," he added.

CM Adityanath said that the Government has taken stern actions against those provoking protestors and causing damages.

Stressing that people have come forward with cheques to pay fines in lieu of damage to government property, he said, "The Constitution of the country gives us fundamental rights so we should also understand the fundamental responsibility. The responsibility is that if the country is being misled, then we have to come forward and make people aware."

Adityanath alleged that the opposition parties supported those who raised "anti-India slogans".

He also attacked Congress and said that when there was a terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2008, the people of the country wanted action against Pakistan but the then government failed to act.

"Now when the government is giving Pakistan a befitting reply, then a conspiracy is being hatched against the Modi government," Adityanath added.

The CAA grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.

(With Agency Inputs)

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