Union Human Resources Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said that India will provide protection to those minority people who are victim of severe atrocities in other countries. The party had declared the commitment in this regard in its poll manifesto. Those, who are creating ruckus protecting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) must reply as why minority in Pakistan and Bangladesh was reduced drastically in last 70 years. Ramesh Pokhriyal was addressing a programme organised to mark birth centenary of nationalist thinker Manikchandra Vajpayee at Samanvay Bhavan in State capital on Friday. Pokhriyal said “We must give strong reply to those who are creative negative environment in country with bad mentality and are making educational institutes as place of hatred. Pointing out the figures of minority in neighbouring countries, the minister said that population of minority people in Pakistan had reduced to 3.7 per cent from 23 per cent of 1947. It is 7.9 per cent from 22 per cent in Bangladesh. Minority in India had increased from 8 per cent to 14.23 per cent. This shows liberty in India. Key speaker of the programme, former MP and thinker Dr Mahesh Sharma said that controversy over CAA and NRC has come up because of misinformation. Society becomes victim of misinformation when it does not have proper practice of study and research. He said that Pt Deendayal Upadhyay had envisioned the structure of present BJP as a national party for creating space for alternating politics.

Union Minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Narendra Singh Tomar also spoke on this occasion. Chairman of organising committee and former Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki said that Manikchandra Vajpayee was inspiring figure and had no disparity in his doing and saying.