‘Muslims Will Not Be Affected’, Rajinikanth Faces Backlash For Supporting CAA & NRC

Joining the bandwagon of actors who have taken a stand on the ongoing debate around Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), megastar Rajinikanth recently said that CAA is not against Muslims and that they will not be affected by it.

"CAA is not against Muslims. Muslims will not be affected. If it affects them, I will come out and lead the protests," he said.

"During partition some Muslims went to Pakistan but many Muslims stayed back calling this as their land. How can they be sent back? I will be the first to raise voice if harm falls their way. Some political parties are doing it for their own benefit."

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Responding to this, Congress parliamentarian Karti Chidambaram slammed him and said that he should not pretend about forming a new party and instead join BJP itself.

"As expected parrots the script written by his puppeteers BJP," he said.

While most people criticised his statement, there were some others who supported him as well.?

Rajinikanth urged the students to get detailed information before joining any protest as any police first information report (FIR) registered against them will spoil their future. He also told the students that if they don't do proper research, then the political parties will use them.

When queried about the Sri Lankan refugees, Rajinikanth said they should be given dual citizenship. According to him, National Population Register (NPR) is very essential as it tells who are the foreignors and who are the Indians.Rajinikanth also said that he has not done any illegal business and is a prompt and honest tax payer.