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Meanwhile, the British media propaganda, spins more fairy tales!

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Are India's claims about minorities in other countries true?
By Reality Check team
BBC News

Published12 December 2019

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50720273

The government argues that minorities in those countries are dwindling, and that they face persecution on the grounds of their faith.

The legislation has been criticised as discriminatory in India because it excludes Muslims seeking citizenship as well.

So what is the situation facing non-Muslims in those three neighbouring states?

How many non-Muslims?
Amit Shah, India's Home Minister, says Pakistan's non-Muslim population has dwindled dramatically since 1951.

This follows the mass exodus of non-Muslims from Pakistan after partition in 1947 and the flight of Muslims from India to Pakistan.

Mr Shah cited a remaining minority population in Pakistan of 23%, and he says this has shrunk over the decades due to persecution. He also cited a figure for Bangladesh of 22%, which he said had also gone down over the years.

But Mr Shah's figures need to be challenged as he appears to have used the same data for what is now the state of Pakistan (formerly west Pakistan) and again for what is now Bangladesh (formerly east Pakistan), when at the time they were one country.

Census data for 1998 shows that the Hindu population of Pakistan (which was formerly west Pakistan) had not really changed significantly from its 1951 level of around 1.5 to 2%.

But the data also suggests that the Hindu population of Bangladesh did fall - from around 22% or 23% in 1951 to around 8% in 2011.