Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Citizenship Amendment (CAA) is a law to grant citizenship and not to take it away. Shah also said the government will not will not back out on its decision to implement the CAA despite the criticism by the Opposition.
Amit Shah was addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur to launch an “awareness programme” in support of the amended citizenship law.
“No provision in Citizenship Amendment Act to take anyone’s citizenship away, it is a law to grant citizenship,” said Amit Shah.
