12/12/2019
Rajya Sabha approved Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, completing the legislative procedure for giving Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The bill was passed with 125 votes(BJP, JD(U), SAD, AIADMK, BJD, TDP and YSR Congress) in favour and 105 against it. It will certainly give respite to some but will be a nightmare to Muslims labeling them foreigner or intruder .
Vivekananda once told his disciple who had erred in describing the Mughal emperor: “Shah Jehan would have turned in his grave to hear himself called a ‘foreigner.’”
By passing this Bill, Gandhi's effort to maintain communal harmony and the integration of India have gone in vain. The spirit with which he defined and defended the composite nature of Indian civilization was an inspiration to us. He emphasised the tolerant, spiritual and inclusive policies of the heroes of Islam who are often wrongly projected by the RSS.
I personally lived the major span of my life among the Muslims fellows in school and University.
We all entered the university with the same desire, challenges and struggle to make life better, without any difference. The very thought of religious difference never crossed my mind. It is this current regime in New Delhi openly trying to disenfranchised, dispossessed our fellows and friends just because of their different way worship.
It is incumbent upon us to make them (RSS and BJP) unsuccessful in their every mis-endeavor. We will live together and we'll die together. Jai Hind.
Via Anuj Kumar Sirohi