No Place In World Safer Than India For Minorities: Kiren Rijiju In Reply On Waqf Invoice – News18
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The minister stated every time a minority group faces persecution, it at all times involves India to take refuge and cited the examples of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan group
Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju speaks within the Lok Sabha (PTI)
There isn’t any place on this planet safer than India for minorities and they’re secure as a result of the bulk is totally secular, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stated on Wednesday.
Replying to the practically 12-hour lengthy debate on the Waqf (Modification) Invoice, 2025, Rijiju, who’s the Union Minorities Affairs Minister, stated even minuscule minority communities just like the Parsis are secure in India and all minorities right here reside with pleasure.
“Some members have stated that minorities aren’t secure in India. This assertion is totally false. There isn’t any place safer than India for minorities. I’m additionally a minority and all of us live right here with none worry and with pleasure,” he stated after the talk on the contentious Invoice.
The minister stated every time a minority group faces persecution, it at all times involves India to take refuge and cited the examples of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan group, minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
“Minorities of Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan got here to India after dealing with non secular persecution of their respective international locations. How will you say that minorities aren’t secure in India. Very, very flawed to say this.
“The approaching era won’t ever forgive you. Minorities in India are secure as a result of the majorities of the nation are totally secular. This isn’t the case in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. However nonetheless, you abuse us,” he stated.
Rijiju stated by the Invoice, the NDA authorities goes to unify all minorities within the nation. He additionally highlighted the “wholehearted” assist of the Christian group for the Invoice.
He stated numerous disputes are pending with the Waqf tribunals and thru the laws, the federal government needs to expedite these circumstances.
“We need to expedite the decision of the disputes within the tribunals. Justice delayed is justice denied. Widows, divorcees, and orphans might be given justice by the Invoice,” he stated.
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