Centre encouraging illegal immigrants: AAP

Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused the BJP government at the Centre of encouraging illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to settle in India and give jobs and other rights of Indian citizens to them.

Demanding the withdrawal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, Kejriwal said that the BJP government was trying to give the rights of our children to others. He urged people to vote against the BJP and said, "The entire country demands that the CAA should be withdrawn. We will not let them give our children's rights to others under any circumstances...And if BJP does not agree...does not take it back...then express your anger by casting your vote against BJP in this election."

The Centre on Monday notified the rules for the implementation of CAA, which was passed in 2019 and was met with widespread protests across the country. Several Opposition-ruled states have said they will not implement the CAA. Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said, "When the young citizens in the country are struggling to find jobs, the BJP wants to bring CAA. I want to ask, what is this CAA? The BJP-led central government wants to bring people from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan to India and give them citizenship. They will be provided jobs, schools for their children, houses will be built to settle them... isn't it weird?..."