CAA, an outcome of BJP’s Hindutva agenda: US commission  

As India prepares for the ‘Namaste Trump’ extravaganza, US hits hard on PM Modi for his divisive agenda

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As India prepares for the 'Namaste Trump' extravaganza, US hits hard on PM Modi for his divisive agenda.

A US federal government entity continues to clash with the Indian government.


The US commission on international religious freedom (USCIRF) has issued a ‘factsheet’ on  CAA.

The factsheet calls the new citizenship act a significant downturn in religious freedom in India.

USCIRF said Muslims alone would suffer from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) as non-Muslims would be ensured protection by the CAA.

While it linked CAA and NRC, as of now, the Indian government has said that NRC was not under discussion.


This commission was established by the US Congress to monitor threats to religious freedom abroad.

It calls the CAA “a dangerous turn in the wrong direction.

According to the US commission, CAA runs counter to India’s rich history of secular pluralism and the Indian Constitution

  USCIRF had sought sanctions against home minister Amit Shah and other “principal leadership’’ of the law.


The ’factsheet’ concluded that the NRC in Assam endangered the citizenship of people in a nationwide NRC.

“With protections for non-Muslims in place under the CAA...

.... however, any future NRC process would largely impact Muslims alone,’’ it said.

The commission has countered Amit Shah’s remark in Parliament that...

... the CAA was only meant to protect those who had suffered from religious persecution.

The USCIRF said the Act omitted Muslim minority communities such as Shias and Ahmadiyas...

... who faced severe persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan due to their faith.


While it recalled PM Narendra Modi’s statement that there had been no discussion in the government on NRC...

... the USCIRF mentioned Shah’s contradictory statements and also BJP’s 2019 manifesto which called for NRC in the country.

The fact sheet has connected the CAA and NRC to BJP’s Hindutva ideology.

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