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“Be it Dalits, tribals, backwards, minorities of upper castes, they are all original citizens of the country. Citizenship is their birthright. No government can snatch it away. No Indian citizen will be bothered unnecessarily,” the Lok Janshakti Party leader said.
As far as National Register of Citizens is concerned, there has been no discussion on it but it has nothing to with any religion, he said, adding that nobody can be denied citizenship on the ground of religion.
Paswan said social justice and secularism are his party’s mission, and he has fought for the rights of Dalits, tribals, backwards and minorities for his entire life.
“Leave alone citizenship, no government can raise a question about their rights,” he said.
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Muslims have no reason to worry about the law as it has nothing to do with Indian citizens, he said.
Muslims have constituted a bulk of protestors agitating against the CAA.
He noted that the NRC was conceptualised in 2003 and the UPA government which was in power during 2004-14 never repealed it and the then home minister P Chidambaram had in fact said that the NRC will be a subset of the NPR (National Population Register).