Amit Shah has undermined status of SC, says Assam group

A plea has been made in the Supreme Court to initiate action against BJP president Amit Shah for “undermining the status of the Supreme Court” by making statements in political rallies that the Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill of 2016 will precede the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
The plea filed by Assam Andolan Sangrami Manch has asked the court to act against the BJP president if his statements are found to be “contemptuous” .
“The recent statement of Mr. Shah at various election rallies and press conference at West Bengal that the Citizenship Act 2016 will come first and then the NRC will come so that Hindu infiltrators could be incorporated in the NRC by giving them citizenship has left the people of Assam shocked, surprised and scared,” the organisation submitted.
The Manch said its objective is to protect the language, culture and heritage of the indigenous people of Assam. Its application said the 2016 Act has been widely opposed by the people of the State as it intends to treat undocumented persons from Pakistan, Afghanisation and Bangladesh following the Hindu, Christian, Parsi, Jain and Sikh faiths as “a class of persecuted people” and not as illegal immigrants.

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