New Delhi, Mar 12 (Representative) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday criticised the Modi-led BJP government over the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), alleging that they are doing dirty politics to secure votes of the poor from neighbouring countries. In a social media post on X, Kejriwal said, “The BJP might be the only party in the world doing dirty politics to make the poor from neighbouring countries their vote bank. This is against the country.” “Especially the people of Assam and the entire northeastern India strongly oppose it, who are victims of migration from Bangladesh and whose language and culture are at risk today. The BJP has betrayed the people of Assam and the entire northeastern states,” he said. People will respond to this in the Lok Sabha elections, Kejriwal asserted. “After ruling the country for ten years, the Modi government has brought the CAA before the upcoming elections.
At a time when the poor and middle class are struggling with inflation and unemployed youth are facing hardships, instead of solving these real issues, they have brought the CAA,” Kejriwal said. They (BJP) claim that citizenship will be granted to minority populations of three neighbouring countries in India, meaning they want to bring people from these neighbouring states to India to make them their vote bank. Kejriwal said, adding, “When our youth don’t have jobs, who will provide employment to those coming from neighbouring states? Who will build homes for them? Will the BJP provide them with jobs? Will the BJP build homes for them?” He said, “In the last ten years, more than 11 lakh traders and industrialists have left the country due to their policies and atrocities.” “Instead of bringing them back, they want to settle the poor from neighbouring countries in India. Why? Just to make them their vote bank?” Kejriwal was further questioned.The entire country opposes the CAA. First, give jobs to our children; first, give homes to our people. Then bring people from other countries into our country. Every country in the world prevents the poor from other countries from coming to their own country because it reduces job opportunities for local people, he said.