ADUN SPEAKS | India points out Mahathir’s comment was factually inaccurate and this doesn't look good on a leader of his stature.
| Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s comment on Indian Citizenship Act 2019 raises the question of who is really advising the nonagenarian Prime Minister on our foreign affairs.yesterday that “India’s Citizenship Act 2019 is depriving the citizenship of Muslims” definitely will not help the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
The Malaysia-India relationship dates back to thousands of years, way before the earliest recorded bilateral relationship between the Kedah and Chola Kingdom rulers. The Citizenship Act 2019 that was passed by both the Lower and Upper houses of Indian Parliament is not meant to deprive the citizenship of Muslims in India, but to provide a path of citizenship for oppressed religious minorities entering India from three neighbouring countries, namely Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
The Assamese people were protesting the influx, claiming their economic opportunities are grabbed by the economic immigrants.
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