On Tuesday, the actor turned politician and chief of Makkal Needhi Maiam Kamal Haasan slashed the Central government on proposing and implementing the amendment on the Citizenship bill, which has been the epicenter for the nation-wide stirs and unrest. Haasan stated that his party would oppose the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
While addressing the reporters about his notion on the heating and aberrant developments, Haasan accused the ruling party of Tamil Nadu ADMK to back and to clear the bill in the Rajya Sabha by betraying the Tamils and the nation. By blaming the ADMK for dancing to the tunes of the BJP, he stated that the ruling party of the state is obedient to its masters.
His comments come a day after his party had filed a petition in the Apex court against the amendment and he further stated that, by challenging the amendment of Citizenship Bill, his party would be lifting the batons against the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He asserted that if the Central government implement NRC nation-wide, his party would spur the legal battle and the party would ensure to keep moving as far as it can go.
The state of Tamil Nadu has been unleashing its politics to oppose and to degrade the bill and the state's opposition party DMK had launched a district-wise protest on Tuesday where the party's top leaders led the protests across the state and branded the act as against of minorities and accused the ADMK led state government for its support on the bill by demeaning the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, who have been ignored in the bill to apply for Indian citizenship.
The Citizenship Amendment Act seeks to grant Indian citizenship and provides the status of Indian national for the non-Muslim refugees of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who fled their countries after facing series of religious persecution and suppression at their homeland. By consenting the legislation that amends the Citizenship Act 1955, the bill would induct Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Parsis who migrated to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan till December 31st, 2014 as Indian citizens by revoking their identities as 'illegal immigrants'
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