Citizenship Amendment Bill: The Government and Opponents' Own Arguments.

The Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 has taken the first step towards becoming a law, the cabinet has passed it, now it will reach the President's way through Parliament, after which the gazette will take the form of notification. Like the previous draft of the bill, opposition has also started this time. Many politicians are against this, questions are also being raised on its legal aspects. Opponents say that the cab cannot be seen separately from the NRC, while the government says that the two are separate subjects. 

What is the government saying?

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, "There has been continuous religious persecution of minorities in all the three neighbouring regions of India, due to which they have to take refuge in India. The decision to give citizenship rights to six minority groups is in the spirit of universal religion. Pakistan and Afghanistan are 'Islamic' republics. Secularism is included in the Preamble to the Constitution of Bangladesh, but Islam has been described as a national religion. The Modi government's bill provides for citizenship to six religious Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis who belong to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh who have either entered India illegally Or, after coming here, their documents have expired. These people have come to India from these three countries because of religious persecution or for fear of happening. 

This will be applicable to those who have been living here before 31 December 2014. The country's Home Minister and the President of the Bhartiya Janta Party, Amit Shah, have also spoken about the crimes of minorities in the three neighbouring countries for conversion, harassment of their women, taking of girls and clarifying that such people Have taken refuge in India, this law will give them relief.

What did Amit Shah say?

Amit Shah, who is said to be the closest companion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had said in an interview given to Network18 that in the past seven times in India, citizenship has been given on a large scale. In this case, he cited the partition of India i.e. 1947, Bangladesh construction (1971), the return of citizens from Uganda to India, the civilians in Sri Lanka due to civil war, and the granting of citizenship to the Tamils ​​from that time. Nobody opposed it and when BJP wants to do the same, then why oppose it?

The Home Minister said that since Muslims cannot be accused in Islamic countries, the name of Muslims has not been taken in the bill. Amit Shah also said that the proposed citizenship law and National Register of Citizens i.e. NRC are different things. On the question that the agenda is being run against the Muslims under the guise of the bill and NRC, the BJP president said that which country in the world which does not take account of its citizens, then where is the talk of anti-Muslim in it  has come and those who are not Indians should go from here.

What are the arguments against the bill?

According to Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, "The introduction of the Citizenship Amendment Bill is a disrespect to our freedom fighters as it will revive the principle of two nations. As a Muslim I rejected the principle of Jinnah. Now you remain a law That will remind people of two nations. "

Guwahati-based lawyer Aman Wadud says that the Citizenship Amendment Act and the NRC do not need to be read in separate slots, only then the whole matter becomes clear.

Aman Wadud, who has been fighting the case in favor of citizens for a long time in NRC case, says, "Citizenship of people in NRC is being investigated or will be done and those who are suspected will be excluded from it." He says, "But on the other hand you are saying that if you are from any one of these six religions, then there is a law for you which will give you citizenship. It is clear who you are targeting. They are Muslims. "

Many ministers of the Modi government and in recent times, even Home Minister Amit Shah have insisted that NRC will be prepared for the people of the entire country. Amit Shah has said that there will be NRC in Assam again. Important ministers of the ruling BJP government in Assam have refused to accept the recent NRC, whereas all this happened under the supervision of the Supreme Court. Reports so far have revealed that 19 lakh people whose names are outside Assam NRC have more Hindus. Famous writer, journalist Tony Joseph tweeted and wrote that the proposed law is similar to Hitler's Nazi scheme. Joseph says that the crookedness of this bill is understandable when you talk about NRC being done in the entire country. The CAB will give the government the right that it will be able to tell the people of one community only to prove that they are not illegal migrants.

Student activist Syed Azharuddin considers this to be part of BJP's 'Hindu vote-bank politics'. Opponents are also raising the question that if the matter is about the persecution of minorities in neighboring countries, then why are Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Tibet out of the bill, while Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists are accused of harassment in these countries too. Anas Tanveer questions who gave India the patron role of Hindus, Anas Tanveer, who advocates in the Supreme Court, says that the Citizenship Amendment Bill is a violation of the basic spirit of the Constitution - Preamble, besides laws like life, equality.

Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha has said that this step has been taken with the intention of making India like Israel - which aims to be a country for religious people (those who believe in one religion).

Are there Global causes affecting Indian economy ?

GDP reached 4.5 percent in the current quarter, which is at the lowest level in the last six years. India's GDP was 5% of the previous quarter. Since the presentation of the budget in July this year, the government has taken several steps to bring the economy back on track. But on seeing the statistics related to the economy, the question arises whether the steps taken by the government are proving effective? During this time you will see that more than 30 such steps have been taken by the government. But the most discussed thing is the corporate tax cut. On 20 September, a reduction in corporate tax was announced. There are two levels of this tax reduction. There was talk of applying 22 percent rate to all companies, while the rate of 15 percent on new manufacturing companies was talked about. The biggest question arose whether the economy was benefited by this new cut or not.

Looking at the situation so far, it is known that due to that no new investment has come in India. But there is also a big reason behind this. It takes two-three months to see the effect of such a decision, sometimes even up to six months. If we look at the stock market, the super rich surcharge that was increased in the budget had a bad effect on the stock market. Later, the government withdrew this step but by then the stock market had suffered. The stock market did not recover from that situation very quickly. After that now the situation is being seen in the Indian stock market, the components within the country are not as responsible as the global economic situation.

Global causes affecting Indian economy

The situation of trade war between the USA and China has affected the economy of the whole world. This is the biggest reason for the Indian economy being affected. The second reason is that in Europe, America, all of Africa or all of Asia - somewhere in all the countries of the world the economy is lying sluggish. There is a situation of recession in many places. For the earning of any country, it is important that the goods manufactured in the country are sold. If our goods are sold outside the country, then we will earn. There is a double hit on India - Goods are not sold in the domestic market even within India, and there is no one to buy our goods in the foreign market because the situation is bad there. These are the reasons which have affected the Indian economy to some extent.

Are there policy mistakes regarding the economy?

India has taken measures to increase investment so far. But it is also important that steps should be taken to increase consumption simultaneously. Economy is a vehicle that has two wheels i.e., invests and consumes. If the government increases investment but does not take steps to increase consumption, then it has some effect. Whether it is about the budget or after that, especially the matter of reduction in corporate tax - it was a big step to increase investment. To increase consumption, the government will need to reduce income tax.

If income tax is reduced, more money will come in the hands of people. With this, if people are assured that they do not have to worry and their jobs are safe, then people will start consuming. If consumption increases, the industry will be excited to invest more and make more goods. The one drawback in the entire system is that the government has not made arrangements to give more money in the hands of the people to increase consumption. If the government has done this, then the situation of the economy can be much better.