US senator expresses concern over enforcing CAA

Why the US does not feel sympathy for Hindus in Pakistan –  Hindu organisation in the US

Washington DC (USA) – Ben Cardin, a member of the ruling Democratic Party of the United States and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made a serious statement with regards to CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) enforcement in India. He said, ‘I am deeply concerned by the Indian Government’s decision to notify its controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, particularly the law’s potential ramifications on India’s Muslim community. (The US should not make such ridiculous statements when Muslims in India are now saying that Muslims have nothing to fear in this Act. – Editor) Making matters worse is the fact that it is being pushed during the holy month of Ramzan. (Doesn’t Cardin see that even during the Holy month of Ramzan, Hindus are persecuted by religious fanatics in the neighbouring Muslim countries ? – Editor) He added that it is vital for cooperation between Washington and New Delhi to be rooted in shared values of safeguarding human rights regardless of religion.

On Cardin’s statement, Ajay Shah, Founder and Co-Convenor of Hindu organisation ‘HinduPACT’ in America, said that CAA does not impact any citizen of India. Hindu minority is discriminated against and decimated in India’s neighbourhood. As Americans, we are disappointed that instead of standing for American values and the human rights of the persecuted, our Government has chosen to oppose this humanitarian effort.

We are astonished at the lack of empathy by the @StateDept and @USAmbIndia in opposing India’s #CAAImplemented. Instead of upholding the American values of compassion and human rights of the persecuted, they have chosen a side of political expediency pic.twitter.com/pFZGcgHlDF

— HinduPACT (@HinduPACT) March 17, 2024

Deepti Mahajan, Co-Convenor of HinduPACT, said that it is shocking to see the lack of empathy towards the plight of little girls from Hindu, Sikh and Christian minority communities in Pakistan. According to the UN Human Rights Commission, on average, 1,000 girls a year, as little as ten years old, get abducted, converted, and become victims of sex slavery and forced marriages in Pakistan. Instead of calling out the Government of Pakistan for its complicity in this ongoing heartbreaking act, the State Department seeks to criticise the Government of India’s efforts to help these innocent victims.

V S Naipaul of ‘Global Hindu Heritage Foundation’ said that the CAA Act highlights the plight of minorities facing inhumanity, persecution, forced conversions, killings, rape and all forms of abuse in our neighbouring Islamic countries where secularism, peace and humanity are under threat.

Editorial Perspective

The US and its lawmakers should not interfere in Indian laws. If India has already told this to the US, and the US does not understand, India should now convey it in a language that the US understands !