Mobilisation of protesters against CAA not to sustain for long: BJP gen sec

BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao on Tuesday said that the current mobilisation of protesters against the amended citizenship law will not sustain for long as there is no "merit" in it.

"The protest is on a non-issue. It is notional, imaginary and anxiety based. There is no merit in it. The mobilisation of protesters against the law will not sustain for long. There is no life for such protest," Rao told reporters.

The mobilisation for the protest will not sustain more than a month because the amended law does not take away the rights of Indian Muslims, he said.

On Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray likening the police crackdown on students of Jamia Millia Islamia to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Rao said, "By equating with Jallianwala Bagh massacre, he is insulting the martyrs. He is also insulting democracy and the entire system."