New Delhi, December 17: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday struck back at Pakistan for issuing a parliamentary resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) enacted by India. In a strongly worded statement, the MEA warned Islamabad against meddling in matters which are "internal" to India. The Ministry also recommended Islamabad to stop the "persecution" of non-Muslims in their nation rather than schooling India on treatment of minorities. Amit Shah Slams Congress And Its Allies for 'Misleading People' Against CAA, Says BJP Govt Implemented 'Nehru-Liaquat Pact' After 70 Years.

The Pakistan National Assembly had, on Monday, issued a resolution against the citizenship law enacted by the Narendra Modi government last week. The law, claimed the Pakistani Parliament, was violative of bilateral relations and "erroneously accuses" Islamabad of mistreating Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and other minorities.

The resolution further called upon the Indian government to

"end discrimination" towards Muslims and restore internet services in Jammu & Kashmir at the earliest.

Statement Issued by MEA

"The Resolution is a poorly disguised effort to divert attention from Pakistan’s appalling treatment and persecution of its own religious minorities. The demographics of these minorities, whether Hindu, Christian, Sikh or other faiths, in Pakistan speak for themselves," the Ministry said.

"It's a thinly-veiled attempt by Pakistan to further its false narrative on the issue of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. It seeks to provide justification for Pakistan’s unrelenting support for cross-border terrorist activities in India.We're confident that such attempts will fail," the statement further noted.

The CAA, passed by the Indian Parliament, proposes to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees who entered India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh on or before December 31, 2014. The law, viewed in prism of the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizenship (NRC) exercise, is being considered as a "ploy" by a section of Indian Muslims to render them "stateless".

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