PM Modi's speech on CAA protesters at Ramlila Maidan

By Bhawna Sharma 23-Dec-2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally publically addressed the tensions festering in the country over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as well as the National Register of Citizens (NRC). As protests grip the country over the alleged communal connotations of the two exercises, PM Modi assured voters in Delhi that no Indian Muslim will be affected by the CAA and the NRC.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing crowds at a BJP rally in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan ahead of the assembly elections in Delhi. Slamming the Aam Aadmi Party for failing to provide adequate welfare for the people of Delhi, the prime minister's focus soon shifted to the controversial issue of citizenship. "A lie is being spread that this government had brought the law to snatch people's rights," the prime minister said and dared rivals to find anything discriminatory in his work.
Exclaiming from the stage in Delhi, PM Modi held the opposition (primarily Congress) and "Urban Naxals" responsible for spreading misinformation about the CAA and the NRC. He urged voters to respect the mandate that the BJP had been given in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as well as respect those MPs who were responsible for the passing of the CAA.