Panaji: Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Father Philip Neri Ferrao, appealed to the Central Government to immediately withdraw the amended citizenship law, stating the CAA law against the country’s secular image.
He said, the CAA, NRC and NPR are “divisive and discriminatory” and will certainly have a “negative and damaging effect” on a multi-cultural democracy like ours.
There is serious concern that NRC and NPR will result in “direct victimisation of the underprivileged classes, particularly Dalits, adivasis, migrant labourers, nomadic communities and the countless undocumented people who, after having been recognised as worthy citizens and voters for more than 70 years, will suddenly run the risk of becoming stateless and candidates for detention camps,” it said.