Published 11:24 IST, January 19th 2020
Adnan Sami takes a sharp dig at Raza Murad after latter questions his Indian citizenship
Amid the nationwide uproar over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Bollywood actor Raza Murad in Bhopal questioned Adnan Sami's Indian citizenship. Singer reacts.
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Amid nationwide uproar over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Bollywood actor Raza Murad in Bhopal spoke about ongoing national issue and said that he has objection to it but should be 'equal for all'. He furr stated that ' law is against Indian constitution and one cant treat anyone in name of religion.' Murad furr quested Indian citizenship that was given to singer and former Pakistan national Adnan Sami.
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In an interview with a leading portal, Murad said, "Did you give citizenship to Adnan Sami or t? Is he a Muslim or t? He is a Muslim. He was resident of Pakistan. His far was in Pakistan Air Force and he dropped bombs on India in 1965 war. I have objection to Adnan Sami's citizenship. I only object that you are keeping only one community apart and you are showing that y are different. Government should give citizenship to anyone irrespective of religion."
Reacting to this, Adnan Sami took to his Twitter handle and wrote: "I thought that this guy was a villain & talked crap only in Movies!!" [sic]
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Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to Citizenship Amendment Bill on December 13. CAA seeks to provide citizenship to mirity communities namely Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. This will be applicable to members of se communities having arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014. Moreover, y will t be considered as illegal migrants. Additionally, mandatory residence period for naturalised citizenship for se communities would be reduced to 5 years. Following bill being passed, ermous protests have broken out over a range of related topics and insinuations.
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11:24 IST, January 19th 2020