I really don’t get Amit Shah’s point. Because Pakistan and Bangladesh have treated their religious minorities badly, does India have to equalise things by replicating religious discrimination?
This dubious logic will of course make complete sense of those who want India to become a Hindu rashtra.
“Those feeling persecution are refugees, not infiltrators,” says Amit Shah.
What do you think Rohingyas are fleeing or Tamils from Sri Lanka?
What do you think Rohingyas are fleeing or Tamils from Sri Lanka?
Watching Amit Shah repeat his lies about Partition at the end of the debate is...
Amit Shah says Rohingyas can’t be considered refugees because they’ve come via Bangladesh.
A little while later, he talks about “infiltrators” who become “vote banks” and says BJP won’t allow them in.
Join the dots.
A little while later, he talks about “infiltrators” who become “vote banks” and says BJP won’t allow them in.
Join the dots.
Bharat ke mool niwasi — India’s original inhabitants — don’t need to fear NRC, says Amit Shah.
Who is mool niwasi in the imagination of a Hindutva party?
Who is mool niwasi in the imagination of a Hindutva party?
Amit Shah goes on and on about Narendra Modi — who’s of course missing from the Lok Sabha because he is — you guessed it right — out campaigning
It is particularly chilling to hear Amit Shah talk of women from “religious minorities” who were raped in Bangladesh.
Remember Gujarat 2002?
Remember Gujarat 2002?
Amit Shah says the Citizenship Amendment Bill has nothing to do with NRC — and yet ends by saying “NRC is coming!”
