"Not About Religion But Harassing The Poor": Derek O'Brien On Citizenship Law

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Comparing the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens to demonetisation, Trinammol Conngress leader Derek O'Brien said that the exercise is not about religion but harassing the poorest of the poor and the marginalised. "The CAA and NRC are just like demonetisation. This is not about religion, this is about hassling and harassing, the poorest of the poor, the marginalised of the marginalised, the most deprived of the deprived," he said.

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