Even after implementation of the CAA, India will continue to be sensitive when it comes to cases of Muslims who are persecuted in Pakistan and want Indian citizenship, BJP national working president J. P. Nadda said on Friday.
Nadda also justified the non - inclusion of Muslims in the list of persecuted religious communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh which are covered under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), arguing that because Muslims are a majority in the Islamic countries, they could not be suffering from religious persecution.
"When Muslims have come to India after persecution, they have been given citizenship separately.
India is humanitarian.
It believes in humanitarianism.
There are many, including artistes, who have been given Indian citizenship and in such cases we will continue to be sensitive to the issue, " Nadda told a pro - CAA rally in Panaji, which was attended by thousands of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers.
"But those who have come here after suffering (religious) persecution, where will they go?
They are one of us.
When they are persecuted, they will be protected by India, by (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi, " Nadda also said.
The senior BJP leader also called those questioning the exclusion of Muslims from the list of religious communities, as "close minded" and added that the decision to drop Muslims from the CAA list was justified, because they are the majority community in the three neighbouring countries which the CAA covers.
"In Pakistan, Muslims are in majority.
Is not Pakistan an Islamic country?
Is not Bangladesh an Islamic country?
Then how can they be religiously persecuted.
Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians are persecuted.
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