Brought CAA to correct historical injustice: PM Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government has brought the Citizenship Amendment Act to correct "histori...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government has brought the Citizenship Amendment Act to correct "historical injustice" and to fulfil the BJP's "old promise" to religious minorities living in neighbouring countries

Speaking at the Annual Prime Minister's National Cadet Corps (NCC) Rally 2020, Modi said the problem in Jammu and Kashmir persisted since Independence and some families and political parties kept issues in the region "alive", as a result of which terrorism thrived there

He said the present government has been trying to solve decades old problems plaguing the country

Slamming Pakistan, the prime minister said the neighbouring country has lost three wars, but continues to wage proxy wars against India

दिल्ली में 1700 से ज्यादा कॉलोनियों में रहने वाले लोगों को दशकों तक उनके घरों का मालिकाना हक नहीं मिला था।

ये न्यू इंडिया की सोच है, जिसने दिल्ली के 40 लाख लोगों के जीवन से उनकी सबसे बड़ी चिंता को दूर कर दिया है। हमारी सरकार के फैसले का लाभ हर धर्म, हर जाति के लोगों को होगा। pic.twitter.com/oOcgM1H3S0

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 28, 2020

Previous governments, he said, treated the problem as a law and order issue

"But even when out armies would ask for action, they would not go ahead," he said, slamming the "inaction" of previous governments at the Centre

He also said that currently, not only J-K, but other parts of the country are also peaceful and the government has managed to address the aspirations of the northeast region which were neglected for decades.

-Source: News Agency