New Delhi sources stated that the BJP will focus on passing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill once it returns to power after the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, indicating that the party has no plans to back off on an issue that spurred intense protests in the Northeast for months. When addressing an election rally in Assam's Silchar, PM Modi said the legislation aimed at making it easier for non-Muslim immigrants from neighboring countries to obtain Indian citizenship will be implemented after "proper consultations with all sections of society".
Furthermore he, however, assured the people of Assam that their language, culture and identity will be protected when the legislation is taken up for consideration again. He said "The Congress did not consider minorities in Pakistan while dividing the country during Independence. The fundamentalists tortured our brothers and sisters in Pakistan. Is Congress not responsible for this? People going to mandirs and gurudwaras in Bangladesh and Pakistan had to come to India," adding that the "sins of the Congress turned such people into foreigners in their own land".
Moreover PM Modi also promised to do everything in his power to safeguard Muslim women from the "curse of triple talaq". "We will strongly try to pass the legislation after we come to power at the centre”.
