<p class="title">Barely a few days after a senior Uttar Pradesh police officials asked the anti-CAA protesters to go to Pakistan, a senior BJP lawmaker said that those failing to furnish the proof of their father's origin and residence would have to leave the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Where do you come from?.....What is your father's original residence?..You (read Muslims) will have to leave the country if you fail to show the proof," BJP legislator Rajkumar Sahyogi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing party workers in Aligarh, about 400 kilometres from here, on Thursday, the lawmaker also said that possession of Aadhar card would not be considered to be proof of origin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Some people have been trying to get Aadhar cards thinking that they will help them in securing citizenship of the country....it will not happen," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MLA said that NRC (National Register of Citizens) would soon be launched in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior BJP leaders here refused to comment on the lawmaker's remarks. "It may be his personal views," said a senior UP BJP leader while speaking to DH here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP leaders have been holding meetings in different parts of the country as part of their outreach program to garner support for the CAA.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barely a few days ago, a senior police official had asked the anti-CAA protesters in Bijnore district to go to Pakistan. "You (protesters) eat here (India) but praise Pakistan....you should go there," the official told a group of protesters. </p>
<p class="title">Barely a few days after a senior Uttar Pradesh police officials asked the anti-CAA protesters to go to Pakistan, a senior BJP lawmaker said that those failing to furnish the proof of their father's origin and residence would have to leave the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Where do you come from?.....What is your father's original residence?..You (read Muslims) will have to leave the country if you fail to show the proof," BJP legislator Rajkumar Sahyogi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing party workers in Aligarh, about 400 kilometres from here, on Thursday, the lawmaker also said that possession of Aadhar card would not be considered to be proof of origin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Some people have been trying to get Aadhar cards thinking that they will help them in securing citizenship of the country....it will not happen," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MLA said that NRC (National Register of Citizens) would soon be launched in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior BJP leaders here refused to comment on the lawmaker's remarks. "It may be his personal views," said a senior UP BJP leader while speaking to DH here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP leaders have been holding meetings in different parts of the country as part of their outreach program to garner support for the CAA.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barely a few days ago, a senior police official had asked the anti-CAA protesters in Bijnore district to go to Pakistan. "You (protesters) eat here (India) but praise Pakistan....you should go there," the official told a group of protesters. </p>
