Prakash Ambedkar calls for Maha bandh against CAA-NRC-NPR and economic crisis

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi leader Prakash Ambedkar has called for a state-wide bandh in Maharashtra to protest against CAA, NRC and NPR. He has also said that bandh is t being enforced on people. "We are t forcing people to participate in bandh. y are willingly protesting against CAA, NRC and NPR. This government (center) is unable to function properly. People are under constant fear and government is heading towards bankruptcy," said Ambedkar.

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Two-front attack

Ambedkar launched a duel attack on center with agitation against CAA-NRC-NPR and ecomic crisis. Speaking about decreased financial capacity of ecomy amid a global slowdown, Ambedkar alleged that government might fudge numbers to avoid backlash from people. "Last year, government had said that nation's revenue will be Rs 24 lakh crore. Currently, revenue is 8 lakh crore less than what government had claimed. We feel y might fudge numbers to save mselves from a backlash. y cant run government and people are scared of m. We can say that government is going to default, and is moving towards bankruptcy", Ambedkar added while making sharp criticism of Center.

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Protests against CAA which grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and took refuge in India on or before December 31, 2014, continue across country. On NRC front, government has maintained that it will be implemented across nation but will be different from NRC of Assam which came under Assam Accord of 1985. government has assured that clauses of NRC have t been laid down yet and government will ensure that ne of Indian citizens will be ousted under NRC.

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Indian ecomy is also said to be affected due to global slowdown, coupled with US-China trade tariff wars, incessant rainfall damaging properties, crops across nation leading to skyrocketing prices of staple commodities. center has maintained that it has taken corrective steps such as revised GST rates for automobile sector, opening up of FDI in contract manufacturing and recapitalisation of banks among ors. government is hopeful of a turn-around.

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