Central government puts out #MythBusters over CAB; Demolishes false propaganda over the amendment to Citizenship Act

The Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha 2 days ago and will be presented in the Rajya Sabha today. But before the debate begins in RS, few opposition parties led by the Congress, the Left and NGOs have been indulging in false propaganda over the bill. While some say that Muslims will become 2nd-class citizens in the country, others allege that it is a ‘communal’ amendment to make India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’. They are even attempting to rope in foreign agencies like the USCIRF to pressurize the government over the bill.

Notwithstanding the facts that are already out but conveniently sidelined by the opposing parties, the Central Government has put of a series busting the myths spread over CAB. The PIB in a series of tweets has addressed the concerns and myths from CAB’s effect on Assam Accord to discrimination against Muslims. The myths and the facts are as below: