Citizenship law, NRC 'anti-poor': Priyanka Gandhi joins protesting students at India Gate
New Delhi, Dec 20: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday joined the students protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and a proposed countrywide National Register of Citizens (NRC) at the India Gate, saying the measures are "anti-poor".
She said the government wants every Indian to stand in line to prove one's citizenship in the same manner in which they did after note ban.
Priyanka
Gandhi
was
accompanied
by
her
daughter
Miraya
at
the
protest.
This
is
the
second
time
the
Congress
leader
protested
at
the
India
Gate
this
week
against
the
law.
She
earlier
protested
in
a
sit-in
at
the
India
Gate
in
support
of
Jamia
students
who
were
allegedly
attacked
by
the
police
on
Sunday.
"This
is
basically
anti-poor.
The most affected will be the poor. If someone has to take out old documents about their land, will they be able to do that? Will your grandparents be able to show?
"In what state are they putting the country into. The way they put the entire country in line after note ban (demonetisation), they are now wanting to put the entire country in line the same way. Who will be affected by this. The rich will show their passports, but the poor will suffer," she told reporters after joining the students protesting against the
Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the proposed NRC at the India Gate.
Priyanka Gandhi throws back challenge to PM Modi
Priyanka Gandhi also said that she had come to show solidarity with the protesters. She also said demonstrations should be held peacefully as in a democracy everyone has the right to protest.