Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi spoke to NDTV.
Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi spoke to NDTV today about his ministry, the Triple Talaq Bill and reported attacks on minorities. He asserted there are sufficient laws to deal with crimes like lynching. On the politics over "Jai Shri Ram" and attacks on those who refuse to chant it, the Minority Affairs minister said no one should be forced into anything. He further said that divisive forces must not be allowed to stop progress.
Here are the highlights from Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi's with NDTV:
Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi speaks to NDTV:- Congress will come out of 'har ka hangover' and support us on Triple Talaq Bill
- Triple Talaq Bill is not politically motivated. Bill will clear both houses
- As far as criminal incidents (mob killings) are concerned there should be action within minutes
- There will be 2 lakh people going for Haj this year, half of them women
- See India's track record of peace. There hasn't been a large-scale riot. There are fringe elements who want to disturb the peace. They will be dealt with. Don't worry
- There should be debate in parliament on population control. No nation can ignore this. There should be awareness
- Sanjay Gandhi and Indira Gandhi and what they did before (for population control) was a dirty, unplanned method
- You should not force anyone to do anything. But you can't refuse to sing Vande Mataram. There should be no rigidity on either side
- If you go to any village, each person says 'Ram Ram', be it Hindu or Muslim. The country is secular not because of its minorities, but it is in the DNA of the majority community