NEW DELHI: Bengal BJP functionary Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday called on home minister Amit Shah to raise the issue of attacks on Hindus and temples in Bangladesh, asserting that the situation in the neighbouring nation underscored the necessity of CAA.
After meeting Shah, Adhikari said the home minister told him that Centre is taking appropriate action on the matter.Adhikari, the LoP in Bengal assembly, also took a jibe at opposition parties, including TMC, saying everybody will have to acknowledge the need for CAA.
CAA allows citizenship for persecuted minorities in the three Muslim-majority countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who arrived in India by December 31, 2014.
Adhikari also made a reference to migration of Hindus from Bangladesh in the 1971 war, and added that atrocities on Hindus continue in the neighbouring country. He said his mother had left Bangladesh with her parents after minorities were targeted in there, and that such incidents continue to occur.
After meeting Shah, Adhikari said the home minister told him that Centre is taking appropriate action on the matter.Adhikari, the LoP in Bengal assembly, also took a jibe at opposition parties, including TMC, saying everybody will have to acknowledge the need for CAA.
CAA allows citizenship for persecuted minorities in the three Muslim-majority countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who arrived in India by December 31, 2014.
Adhikari also made a reference to migration of Hindus from Bangladesh in the 1971 war, and added that atrocities on Hindus continue in the neighbouring country. He said his mother had left Bangladesh with her parents after minorities were targeted in there, and that such incidents continue to occur.
