West Bengal artists, academicians write to PM Modi in support of CAA

Acemicians, filmmakers, actors, artists from West Bengal have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi extending ir support to Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), which grants citizenship to persecuted mirities from Afghanistan, Banglesh, and Pakistan.

letter res, "We people of West Bengal express our sincerest gratitude and unreserved miration from deepest core of our heart to you for enacting Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and through for finally settling this excruciating episode, which has been tormenting and afflicting Bengali psyche and soul for last seventy years, since time of partition"

Rupanjana Mitra speaks to Republic TV

In an exclusive interview to Republic TV, actor Rupanjana Mitra vocated for letter to PM on Wednesday. "What I kw of it is that we are calling refugees who were outside. Some people couldn't come to India during partition, so CAA allows m to come back to India. Hence, I support this Act", said actor.

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signatories include Anjana Basu, Prof Debashish Chowdhury, Arindam Chakraborty, vocate Joydip Sen, Supriyo Bandyophyay, Anindya Pulak Banerjee, Milan Bhowmik, Sanjay Som, and Rantidev Sengupta apart from Rupanjana Mitra.

"Pan India a lot of artist have t supported it. Yesterday, I saw Deepika going to JNU. Swara Bhaskar went as well. Have heard her saying that she doesn't have documents to prove her identification. She says how will she prove her citizenship? If one doesn't have Ahar, Pan, school certificate, anything n what are y here for in India? That is my question. I am a citizen, I pay my taxes, GST, everything. I'm a part of ecomic development of country, I'm rey to give my identification", said Rupanjana on CAA facing a lot of opposition from artist community as well.

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actor feels that issue is being blown out of proportion by opposition. She stated that narrative is being changed and being given a communal colour and it is t to divide Hindus and Muslims. 

CAA or Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 grants citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Buddhist, and Christian refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Banglesh who came to India on or before December 31, 2014 was passed recently by both houses of Parliament.

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