‘If elected president, will guarantee CAA is just not carried out’: Yashwant Sinha

By PTI

GUWAHATI: Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday stated that if he’s elected, he’ll be sure that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is just not carried out.

Interacting with opposition lawmakers of Assam, Sinha stated the BJP-led authorities has not been in a position to implement the CAA as far as it was “foolishly drafted” in a rush.

“Citizenship is a major issue for Assam, and the government wanted to bring in the Act across the country but has not been able to do so yet,” he stated.

“Earlier, the government gave the excuse of COVID, but even now they have not been able to implement it because it is an Act foolishly drafted in a hurry,” he added.

Sinha alleged that the Constitution was at risk not from any outdoors power, however from these in energy.

“This presidential election is of special significance as it is a fight to save Constitution,” he asserted.

“If I am in Rashtrapati Bhavan, I will ensure that CAA is not implemented,” he stated.

Sinha stated he was compelled to go away the BJP in 2018 after realising that the current management has taken “a completely wrong” path.

Later, talking to reporters, he alleged that each establishment of the nation is being subverted by the ruling get together and its authorities.

“Agencies like the ED, CBI, Income Tax department and even the governor’s offices are being used to target opposition leaders, to engineer defections and topple opposition-run state governments,” he claimed.

“The ruling party has embarked on an evil design to communally polarise India’s multi-faith society, and its agenda of one nation, one party, one ruler is meant to convert democratic India into an imitator of Communist China,” he stated.

Sinha stated he was dismayed that NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu has not addressed a press convention but.

“People do not know what she stands for. I have great personal regard for Droupadi Murmu, but this election is not about persons and their identities but about their commitment to Constitution,” he stated.

Sinha, a former Union minister, stated he needed to go to each Northeastern state, however as a consequence of time constraint, he was interesting to the lawmakers of these states from Guwahati to hearken to their conscience and vote in a rational method.

Following the assembly, Rajya Sabha’s Independent MP Ajit Kumar Bhuyan stated Sinha was most suited to the president’s publish as he has a deep understanding of the nation.

MLA Akhil Gogoi stated he has determined to help Sinha because the democracy is in grave hazard.

CPI(M) MLA Manoranjan Talukdar claimed, “The BJP has pushed the country to the brink of destruction. We will fight whether we win or not.”