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Support New West Councillor Chuck Puchmayr's motion on CAA and NCR Before March 30th
3-18-2020
New West City Councillor Chuck Puchmayr is presenting a motion against CAA and NRC that will deprive millions of Indian Muslims their right to citenzenship. Please write a letter in supoort of Chuck's Motion before march30th,2020.
A sample letter and Email addresses are as follows;
'jcote@newwestcity.ca'; 'cdas@newwestcity.ca'; 'pjohnstone@newwestcity.ca'; 'jmcevoy@newwestcity.ca'; 'nnakagawa@newwestcity.ca'; 'cpuchmayr@newwestcity.ca'; 'mtrentadue@newwestcity.ca'; 'clerks@newwestcity.ca'
Date: March 24th,2020
Attention: Mayor and Council
City of New Westminster
511 Royal Avenue
New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9
Dear Mayor Jonathan X. Coté and Councillors,
I Am writing to you as a Concerned Canadian on behalf of the many who are going to be affected by a resolution passed in the Indian Parliament. The CAA along with the NPR and NRC are discriminatory and goes against our Canadian values of inclusiveness for all- no matter what race, religion, gender or denomination we belong and identify ourselves as.
I humbly request you to pass the resolution put forward by Councillor Chuck Puchmayr to show our solidarity with the millions who will loose their citizenship and will be put into concentration camps on the basis of their religion in India.
Below you will find some links to authentic articles, which address the issues in detail.
I do hope that the New West Council will hear uphold the very basic human rights values that we share as Canadians under our charter.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Name, Address
'Gandhi's Vision Threatened by Violence, Divisive Rhetoric in India,' Says Ban Ki Moon
Moon held that the attacks on poor and working people, mainly Muslims, could not be seen in isolation from Prime Minister Modi’s attempts to redefine Indian citizenship via the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the proposed National Population Register (NPR) and National Register for Citizens (NRC). all of which were incompatible with Article 14 of the Indian Constitution. These developments, Moon said, raised questions about India’s democratic future.
https://thewire.in/rights/un-ban-ki-moon-india-caa-nrc
Protecting India: Nation must stay with vision of founding fathers to fight threat to secular democracy
International observers, including myself, have also been increasingly alarmed at the arbitrary attacks on India’s Muslims based on rumours about sensitive issues such as cow slaughter, beef consumption and inter-communal personal relationships.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-caa-protest-delhi-violence-6322781/lite/?__twitter_impression=true
Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India
After the riots, Modi’s government did almost nothing to provide for the tens of thousands of Muslims forced from their homes; aid was supplied almost entirely by volunteers. Asked about this, Modi said, “Relief camps are actually child-making factories.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/blood-and-soil-in-narendra-modis-india
India Has a Modi and a BJP Problem
Shashi Tharoor, a well-known Congress party member and former minister argues that:
Mr Modi’s rule has been bad for India, and it all arises from the Modi paradox that I have described in chapter after chapter — his inability to rise above his narrow-minded, mean-spirited, sectarian political origins to the levels of statesmanship and good governance that a country like India needs…
https://www.theglobalist.com/india-narendra-modi-democracy-hindu-nationalism-citizenship-bill/
TRS-led Hyderabad civic body passes resolution against CAA, first in India to do so
Bengaluru: Hyderabad has become the first Indian city to pass a resolution against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
https://theprint.in/india/governance/trs-led-hyderabad-civic-body-passes-resolution-against-caa-first-in-india-to-do-so/362156/
100 organisations against CAA to unite under one banner
“We are appealing to all the people protesting against the CAA, NPR and nationwide NRC to come under a single banner - We The People of India.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/100-organisations-against-caa-to-unite-under-one-banner/article30435913.ece
Justice Gowda calls on parties to oppose Citizenship Act, NRC, NPR
MYSURU: Former Supreme Court Justice V Gopala Gowda said that all political parties that believe in the Constitution and democracy should protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), and fight the BJP’s anti-people policies.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/feb/03/justice-gowda-calls-on-parties-to-oppose-citizenship-act-nrc-npr-2098152.html
154 European Union lawmakers draft stunning anti-CAA resolution
The 154 lawmakers belong to the 'S&D Group' - a progressive forum of MEPs from 26 EU countries, recognised as the second-largest political caucus in the European Parliament. They are committed to upholding social justice and democratic values such as Equality, Diversity and Fairness.
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/154-european-union-lawmakers-draft-stunning-anti-caa-resolution
India's identity crisis: Nine reasons to fear National Population Register (NPR) and Aadhaar
The concerns over the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) has prompted several state governments to halt the ongoing data collection process for a National Population Register (NPR). The fear is that the information sought under NPR is much wider in scope and could potentially be used to target a section of the society.
https://www.businesstoday.in/union-budget-2020/columns/national-population-register-npr-and-aadhaar-identity-india-data-collection-caa/story/395425.html
CAA-NPR-NRC is sinister plan to divide country, says Chidambaram
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday asserted that the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) was a ‘sinister and mischievous plan’ to divide the country and was part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-Bharatiya Janata Party effort to push its agenda of a ‘Hindu Rashtra’.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/national-register-of-citizens-is-a-mischievous-plan-to-divide-india-says-chidambaram/article30495158.ece
An open letter to the citizens of India: India does not need the CAA-NPR-NRIC
Our group of former civil servants, with many years of service in the public sphere, is firmly of the view that both the NPR and the NRIC are unnecessary and wasteful exercises, which will cause hardship to the public at large and will also entail public expenditure that is better spent on schemes benefiting the poor and disadvantaged sections of society.
https://caravanmagazine.in/noticeboard/open-letter-india-does-not-need-caa
What is CAA and NRC: Know the difference
This is where the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 adds fuel to the fire. Critics of the Modi government allege the latest amendment will shield non-Muslim illegal immigrants while making large number of Muslims stateless people with an uncertain future.
https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/caa-npr-nrc-confusion-connection-explained-india-1631534-2019-12-26
How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart
Since December, millions of Indians have turned out on to the streets to object to this vision of their country. The government has fought them by banning gatherings, shutting off mobile internet services, detaining people arbitrarily, or worse. After protests flared at Jamia Millia Islamia, an Islamic university in Delhi, cops fired teargas and live rounds, assaulted students and trashed the library. As demonstrations spread across the state of Uttar Pradesh, police raided and vandalised Muslim homes by way of reprisal. Detainees in custody were beaten; one man reported hearing screams in a police station all night long.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/20/hindu-supremacists-nationalism-tearing-india-apart-modi-bjp-rss-jnu-attacks
Telangana Assembly adopts resolution against CAA, NPR, NRC
The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/telangana-assembly-adopts-resolution-against-caa-npr-nrc/article31081767.ece
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