Maharashtra’s newly elected CM, Uddhav Thackeray, has made it clear to the Muslim community that he will not allow any detention camps to be set up in the state under the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
He said, “the detention camps are only for foreign nationals who have served their sentence so that they can follow with their deportation process. However, we will not allow any detention camps in the state.” This was in connection with issues raised over NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) during a delegation meet on Monday.
He also assured the community against any injustice.
He, however, did not say that NRC would not be implemented in Maharashtra. This is despite the fact that both his allies Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have opposed the same. Thackeray had earlier told the media that he would wait for the Supreme Court’s decision on a bunch of petitions challenging the CAA-NRC.
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He was speaking to a delegation of Muslims that met him on Monday to voice their concerns on the NRC and CAA stating that there were large scale apprehensions among the community on the twin issues.
Thackeray, however, said it was because of the current state of fear and mistrust.
“My Government will ensure there would no injustice to the Muslim community,” said Thackeray. He said his Government’s main thrust is to provide livelihood to the youth of the community with the aim to make India a superpower as envisaged by former President APJ Abdul Kalam.
Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi, was also part of the delegation and said he was satisfied with the confidence shown by the Chief Minister. “It was a huge relief to Muslims that unlike the previous BJP regime, the current dispensation is sensitive to the sentiments of the Muslims,” he said.