Narendra Modi at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit: Indian citizenship for those tortured in home countries will assure them better lives

New Delhi: Referring to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Indian citizenship for those facing persecution in their home countries will ensure that they get a better tomorrow.

Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Modi also said although a lot of apprehensions were expressed ahead of the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict, after it was pronounced, the people of the country proved all such apprehensions wrong.

Better Tomorrow के लिए हमारी सरकार, वर्तमान की चुनौतियों पर, समस्याओं पर काम कर रही है।और ये चुनौतियां, आज पैदा हुई हों, ऐसा नहीं हैं। ये दशकों से चली आ रही हैं: PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/iz3lAh6QeZ

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 6, 2019

Referring to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, the prime minister said the decision might seem a politically difficult one, but it had raised a new hope of development for the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.