Tripura Royal Scion Opposes CAB, Writes to Amit Shah

The scion of Tripura's royal family Pradyot Deb Barman haswritten to union home minister Amit Shah opposing the contentious CitizenshipAmendment Bill (CAB).

Deb in his letter has written that he is completely against CABin its current form (as contained in the 2016 amendment).

Deb Barman in his letter said, "I request you to share with us adraft of the amended CAB before it is tabled in the Parliament so that we mayshare our views on time" adding that he has no political agenda or goal behindwriting the letter.

He wrote, "Let me make it clear that I have no political agendaor goal and my only interest is to continue serving the interests of the peopleof my state like my ancestors have done without political bias."

The royal scion also wrote, "As you may be aware Tripura has had to bear the brunt of illegal migration due to persecution-economic and religious- from East Pakistan (before 71) and thereafter from present-day Bangladesh, for the last 70 years."

"My grandfather first allowed Hindu Bengalis to temporarily reside in Tripura after the famine of Bengal and subsequently after the Noakhali riots in East Bengal," he wrote.

"My grandmother allowed the Swasthi committee which comprised ofpersecuted Hindus from East Pakistan to stay in Kanchanpur," Deb Barman wrote.

He also reiterated that the further influx of migrants and populations from East Pakistan and Bangladesh continued unabated and the original indigenous population was reduced to a minority.

The letter further added, "Tripura for all practical purposes has already been an example of giving relief to persecuted Hindus migrating from East Pakistan and Bangladesh-an object similar to the one contained in the proposed CAB."