Fears over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act are unfounded
... identified, which is an exercise for later. The huge hullabaloo over the CAA is difficult to understand unless it is a cynical campaign to rouse communal passions in India under the garb of protecting the secular nature of the Constitution and safeguarding Indian democracy. The Opposition is playing the dangerous game of mobilising Muslims to stage street protests with violence in tow to capitalise on and deepen the existing perception that the Modi-led BJP government is anti-Muslim. Communal agenda The ‘secular’ argument has been carried to an absurd length in demanding that even persecuted Muslims ...