Brinda Karat cites fate of Rohingya, Ahmadiyya communities to take on CAA

Asks why the two communities persecuted in Myanmar and Pakistan have been excluded at a rally in Raipur's 'Shaheen Bagh'

Senior CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat has contested the advocacy of the Narendra Modi government on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), citing the fate of the Rohingya and Ahmadiyya communities in neighbouring countries.

“Why are the Rohingya and Ahmadiyya Muslims, who are being persecuted in Myanmar and Pakistan, not covered under the new citizenship law if the Centre is so concerned about people facing atrocities in neighbouring countries,” she asked late Monday night while addressing a gathering at Raipur’s 'Shaheen Bagh'.

A section of people had been staging protests against the CAA and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register