Dhaka/New Delhi, December 13: The passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019 and certain remarks of India's Home Minister Amit Shah regarding Bangladesh has virtually created a rift between New Delhi and Dhaka. A day after Parliament approved the CAB, two Bangladesh ministers cancelled their visit to India, with one openly rebuking Amit Shah for saying슬롯 머신 사이트 추천that Bangladesh began persecution of minorities after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's death.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천CAB 2019 Passed in Rajya Sabha: IPS Officer Abdur Rahman Quits Service in Protest, Says 'Bill Against Religious Pluralism of India'.

On Friday,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Bangladesh슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan rejected the claim that슬롯 머신 사이트 추천a large number of Bangladeshi nationals entered and settled illegally in India. In an interview to슬롯 머신 사이트 추천News18, Khan said: "This is a big lie. They are misleading people. I don슬롯사이트™t want to go into the details of who is saying what. All I can say is that before the liberation war, some Hindus migrated to India but no Muslims went to India illegally after 1971. I think there is a big conspiracy by someone to spoil our relationship with India for some hidden interest."슬롯 머신 사이트 추천CAB Protest: Amit Shah Cancels Visit to Shillong For North East Police Academy Programme, Heads to Jharkhand.

Explaining how Bangladesh's economy is growing fast, Khan asked why would anyone move to India when they have better living standards in Bangladesh. "Bangladesh is not a poor country that people will migrate illegally to India. Our economic growth was 8.15% in fiscal 2018-19. Our current Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is 8.13% and our per capita income stands at $ 2000. You tell me, why would someone from Bangladesh illegally go to India when the living standards there is better?" the minister said.

Khan maintained that슬롯 머신 사이트 추천no one from Bangladesh went to India after 1971, adding that the Citizenship Amendment Bill is an internal matter of New Delhi. "Our people are giving business to India and they are accusing Bangladeshis of migrating illegally for better livelihoods. I would like to request them (the Indian politicians), not to spread lies that will affect the relationship between India and Bangladesh," he urged.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Khan was scheduled to visit슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Meghalaya for an event on December 13.

Khan and Bangladesh's슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Foreign Minister슬롯 머신 사이트 추천AK Abdul Momen cancelled their planned trips to India. Momen cited unceremonious engagements at home for cancelling his trip.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), however,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천cautioned media against "reading too much" into Momen's decision.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천"We know the visit has been cancelled... I understand the Foreign Minister has given an explanation. Our relations are strong, like our two leaders have said repeatedly said, and I don't think this cancellation will have any effect," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar was quoted by news agency ANI as saying.

The CAB슬롯 머신 사이트 추천seeks to provide Indian citizenship to all immigrants fleeing persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan - but not if they are Muslim. Many see슬롯 머신 사이트 추천the CAB exercise through the prism of nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) drive. While슬롯 머신 사이트 추천non-Muslims left out of the proposed nationwide NRC would be able to get citizenship under the CAB,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Muslims who could not make the list may be deported.

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