“There is no need to bring this law at this moment. The most pressing need is to provide jobs to the youth.” As protests erupted across India, Arvind Kejriwal urged the Centre to do a re-think on the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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00:00More than 70% of the people will not have anything to show, they will not have papers to show.
00:05Then those people will be told to leave the country.
00:08So where will they go?
00:30In the whole country, not just Delhi, the situation of law and order is deteriorating day by day.
00:39I am very worried about this.
00:42People have a kind of fear.
00:45Not just Muslims, but Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, all the citizens have this fear.
00:54When they are told to prove, show papers, that you are a citizen of the country.
01:00So in this country, the poor do not have papers.
01:03More than 70% of the people will not have anything to show, they will not have papers to show.
01:08Then those people will be told to leave the country.
01:11So where will they go?
01:13This country is ours, this country belongs to everyone, we were born here.
01:16Our fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers were all born here.
01:19So where will they go?
01:21So everyone has a fear in their mind that what will happen to us, what will happen to us.
01:26Especially poor people, whether they are of any religion, everyone is scared at this time.
01:31Nothing is being achieved by this law.
01:33I appeal to the central government that there is no need to bring this law at this time.
01:40The biggest need at this time is to give employment to the youth.
01:45All of us should work together to create employment for our children.
01:50And according to me, there is no need for this law.