The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which was passed by the Parliament of India on December 11, 2019, evoked stark hate response from majority of the citizens of India. Soon after, students of various educational institutes went on a protest against CAA, which took an ugly turn when the violence took over the city of Delhi. A number of celebrities expressed their opinion on the same and joining the bandwagon recently was Urmila Matondkar. The actress-turned politician, who was at an event held at Gandhi Bhavan Memorial in Pune on the occasion of his 72nd death anniversary, voiced her say on CAA. Urmila went on to compare the act with Rowlatt Act of 1919 and told the two qualify as the black Acts in history. The Rangeela actress further added that CAA is against the poor.
“The Rowlatt Act of 1919 and the CAA of 2019 are the two acts that will be addressed as ‘black Acts’ in history. The CAA is against poor people. The Act as being stated is of course anti-Muslim. We do not want an Act which ascertains my identity and citizenship on the basis of religion. It is in our Constitution that you cannot discriminate on the basis of religion, language, gender or region,” Urmila told at the event.
Urmila Matondkar:After end of the WW II in 1919, British knew that unrest was spreading in India&that may rise after war was over. So, they brought a law commonly known as Rowlatt Act.That 1919 law&Citizenship (Amendment)Act of 2019 will be recorded as black laws in history(30.1) pic.twitter.com/qYFNamxrEe
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2020
Talking about Mahatma Gandhi and his ideologies, Urmila told that he was the leader of the whole world and just not the country. She went on to say that he was a true follower of Hinduism and stated that his killer, Nathuram Godse was also a Hindu.
(Source: Indian Express/Agencies)
