Opposition spreading "misinformation" about CAA: Pandey

Defending the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey on Sunday said lakhs of people turned refugees to save their dignity, culture, and religion.

The Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship accused the opposition of spreading "misinformation" about the CAA.

He said lakhs of people abandoned crores of rupees worth property and took refuge in the country to preserve self-respect.

"Parliament is there to solve difficult problems and not to drag or entangle problems. The people have become refugees to save their dignity, self-respect, culture and religion," Pandey said.

Addressing a workshop on CAA at the BJP office here, he said, "To expose the opposition polluting politics, the BJP has launched jan sampark abhiyan (connecting with people) from today."
Reminding that the CAA has been passed by Parliament, he said, "By enabling citizenship to crores of persecuted refugees, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the true tribute to the Mahatma Gandhi in his birth anniversary."