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India needs national refugee policy: Tripura's royal scion Pradyo
EastMojo | New Delhi:, Dec 25
In an exclusive interaction with EastMojo, Deb Barman ....
Q) There have been widespread protests against CAA in the Northeast. What are your own main objections to the newly promulgated law?
A) Firstly, the CAA does not look at the impact it has on the indigenous people of the Northeast. We have a small population and a long porous border with Bangladesh. We have already accepted people who were either member of the persecuted religious minorities or arrived in India for economic benefits. Secondly, when you passed a law with the cut-off year determined as 2014 with there being no need to produce documents, you have already ensured that the onus is on no one to prove that they are Indian citizens. Thirdly, be it Tripura, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur or any other state in the region, we have a small population. Any tinkering with that would leave us in a state of lawlessness and isolation. And we are extremely worried about that. We oppose the CAA and it should not be implemented whether it is for Hindus, Muslims or any other community in the states of the Northeast.
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