Pak Infiltration ignored: Sena after CAB is passed

December 12, 2019 11:17

The Shiv Sena on Thursday sought to know why the government is ignoring infiltration attempts from Pakistan, even as India is preparing to provide citizenship to religiously persecuted refugees from the neighbouring country.

An atmosphere is being created for granting citizenship to refugees, an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana' said, and asked whether the government will open its eyes over the issue of intrusion from Pakistan.

It said the government's claim that the situation in Kashmir after the revocation of Article 370 is fine has proved wrong, as there have been "84 infiltration attempts" from Pakistan and "59 terrorists" entered India since the scrapping of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August.

The Shiv Sena, which backed the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday, staged a walkout ahead of voting on it in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, citing unsatisfactory response to the queries raised by the party.

The bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Image: A Pakistani Hindu refugee living at Majnu ka Tila today named her two-day old daughter 'Nagarikta'. The woman said, "It is my earnest wish that the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 passes in Parliament".

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