Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 18Dec 19 We should trust India to fulfil all its human rights obligations

I write to you in reference to the article written by Anam Rizvi and Ramola Talwar Badam titled Indians in UAE worry for families at home as protests erupt against citizenship law (December 16).

I understand that the Citizenship Amendment Act that was passed by the Indian government to exclude Muslim immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan is controversial and has therefore created massive furore across the country. However, India has had an illegal immigration problem that needed dealing with. Prime minister Narendra Modi has assured us of everyone’s safety, including that of the minorities, and we should take his word for it. I am confident India will fulfil its human rights obligations.

K Ragavan, Bengaluru