The Aam Aadmi Party chief said that the Act is meant to increase the vote bank of the ruling party at the Centre.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government wants to bring in people from Pakistan and give them employment opportunities while the youth of India continue to struggle, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday.
Kejriwal made the comment while referring to the Citizenship Amendment Act, rules of which were notified on Monday.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Kejriwal said that the biggest issues plaguing the country right now are inflation and unemployment. “Instead of looking for a solution for the issues, the Centre is speaking about the Citizenship Amendment Act,” he said.
The Citizenship Amendment Act is aimed to provide a fast track to citizenship to refugees from six minority religious communities, except Muslims, from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the condition that they have lived in India for six years and have entered the country by December 31, 2014.
On Monday, the Centre notified the rules under the Act, stating that the Narendra Modi-led government has “realised the promise of the makers of our Constitution to the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians living in those countries”.
