[pavish]

If you are clear with the partition of India, Pakistan divided itself from India to be a primarily Muslim country. India on the other hand, chose to be secular. India is home to all major religions in the world.

And now we are taking a step backwards by creating this divide. Many of these people speak the same language, have the same culture and have lived their whole life in India, and the government just decides to stripe them from their citizenship, because they belong to a specific religion?

How is this in any manner ethical?

[yumraj]

This law applies to refugees from neighboring countries, to imply otherwise is wrong.

It does not apply to Indian citizen regardless of religion.

[pavish]

> Perhaps the current generation has an issue with Hindus getting the short end of the stick.

I belong to the current generation, I am hindu and I do not believe that.

India's secular nature is what binds this country together. I do not want my friends to be persecuted in the country they were born in and lived all their life, because they belong to another religion.

This is against every core value the constitution of India was drafted upon.

Edit: This reply may seem out of context, because the previous comment has been edited by the author.

[yumraj]

This law applies to refugees, not to Indian citizens. So still unclear on the confusion.

[pavish]

Any Indian citizen knows how poor documentation is in India.

People born after 1970, those who have born and lived all their life in India, those who hold school certificates, voter IDs, even Passports, can only prove their citizenship by providing documents of their ancestors.

How can anyone justify this?

[yumraj]

That is plain and simple FUD

[yumraj]

> India on the other hand, chose to be secular.

Was there a plebiscite at that time regarding if India should be Hindu or secular? If not how can we say that India chose to be secular.