CPI(M) accused of opposing asylum to Christians in Kerala

V Muraleedharan files his nomination papers in Thiruvananthapuram. Pic/PTI

Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Saturday accused the CPI(M) of "creating hurdles" in the BJP-led union government's move "to give asylum to persecuted Christians" from neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh in the country.

While the CPI(M) has objected to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on the grounds that it discriminates against people in the name of religion as it leaves out Muslims, Muraleedharan claimed that the stand of the Marxist party was "not to include" any particular community, but "against providing asylum to anyone including Christians".

Speaking to reporters here, the union minister of state for external affairs said, "I want to ask the church heads what is their opinion about the Kerala government and the CPI(M) approaching the Supreme Court against the law which grants citizenship to Christian believers who sought asylum in India after suffering persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh."

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