Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday denounced the Modi Government for the harsh clampdown on students and activists opposing New Delhi’s amended citizenship law.
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“Concerned about the brutal & indiscriminate use of force by the state on Indian Muslim students of Jamia Millia Islamia & Aligarh Muslim University, protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Bill,” FM Qureshi said in a tweet.
Concerned about the brutal & indiscriminate use of force by the state on Indian Muslim students of Jamia Millia Islamia & Aligarh Muslim University, protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) December 16, 2019
More than 100 students and activists have been injured in New Delhi as they clashed with police who used tear gas and baton charges to disperse the protestors at the Jamia Millia Islamia University.
Qureshi said the use of force against demonstrators was evidence that the “Modi Government continues to curb & undermine the rights of minorities in accordance with Hindutva Supremacist ideology.”
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“Illegal Annexation of Kashmir, Babari Masjid, Citizenship Amendment Bill which excludes Muslims are all targeted towards subjugation of Minorities,” said the foreign minister.
The Modi Government continues to curb & undermine the rights of minorities in accordance with Hindutva Supremacist ideology. Illegal Annexation of Kashmir, Babari Masjid, Citizenship Amendment Bill which excludes Muslims are all targeted towards subjugation of Minorities. https://t.co/nIw0KmPVkm
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) December 16, 2019
With the Citizenship Amendment Bill, the Modi Government had laid a path to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted migrants i.e. Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
