PSU submits memo to DC over CAA, NRC, NPR

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 19

Members of the Punjab Students Union (PSU) on Wednesday staged a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) outside the Deputy Commissioner office here. The protesters also submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, Shivdular Singh Dhillon, requesting him to forward it to the Union Government.

The state senior vice-president of the PSU, Hardeep Kaur Kotla, said the three laws were “anti-people” and should be revoked. The BJP-led Central Government had violated the secular spirit of the Constitution by linking citizenship to religion, she said.

Akashdeep Singh, another union leader, said: “The Union Government is labelling those protesting against the ‘draconian’ laws as anti-nationals, terrorists and Pakistanis. False sedition cases are being registered across the country and the government was trying to suppress people’s Right to Protest, which is a Fundamental Right.

The student leaders said the Centre must rather focus on issues concerning the country’s economy and employment and than playing “divide-and-rule” politics.

Hardeep Kaur said they would continue to register their protest until the government revoked the laws.