New Delhi: External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Tuesday responded to the UN body after it approached the Supreme Court to file an Intervention application.
Raveesh Kumar said that India’s permanent mission in Geneva was informed on Monday evening by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, about the intervention application.
“The CAA is an internal matter of India and concerns the sovereign right of the Indian Parliament to make laws. We strongly believe that no foreign party has any locus standi on issues pertaining to India’s sovereignty,” Kumar said.
He added, “We are clear that the CAA is constitutionally valid and complies with all requirements of our constitutional values. It is reflective of our long standing national commitment in respect of human rights issues arising from the tragedy of the Partition of India.”
Kumar further said, “India is a democratic country governed by the rule of law. We all have utmost respect for and full trust in our independent judiciary. We are confident that our sound and legally sustainable position would be vindicated by the Hon’ble Supreme Court.”
The United Nations human rights office had described the CAA as “fundamentally discriminatory in nature”, and had called for it to be reviewed, soon it was passed in the Parliament in December last year.
The government had reverted that the CAA was aimed at protecting persecuted minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
