The Centre’s transfer to confirm and approve citizenship purposes from members of minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh residing in 5 Indian states reveals the federal government’s “fascist character” and is a method to give a “back door entry” to the CAA-2019, the Left events alleged Saturday. The Centre on Friday issued a gazette notification granting powers beneath current guidelines to authorities in 13 districts of Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab to simply accept, confirm and approve citizenship purposes from members of minority communities hailing from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. With the Centre but to border guidelines beneath the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019, which was fiercely protested in opposition to by numerous sections, the order has been issued beneath the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the Citizenship Rules, 2009.
The Friday notification lists Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians because the communities that shall be allowed. The purposes must be submitted on-line. “Subterfuge. Rules under CAA 2019 not framed, yet the Central govt issues gazette notification to implement it. Petitions challenging Constitutional validity of CAA continue to remain unheard. Hope SC takes this up promptly & stops back door implementation,” CPI(M) common secretary Sitaram Yechury stated in a Tweet.
CPI common secretary D Raja alleged the transfer “completely exposes the fascist character” of the current authorities. He stated there have been enormous protests in opposition to the CAA 2019 earlier than the agitators relented as a result of of the coronavirus pandemic, whereas some protests earlier had been “ruthlessly crushed”. “It (the latest citizenship move) shows the insensitivity of a government if it pursues its political agenda at a time when thousands are dying every day due to a pandemic. This exposes the government as insensitive, anti-people and anti-democracy,” he stated. Dipankar Bhattacharya, CPI-ML common secretary, questioned as to how such an order might be handed when the CAA guidelines are nonetheless not in place.
“In election rallies, BJP leaders were ‘distributing’ citizenship like they deposited those Rs 15 lakh in every account. Now they are asking for applications from refugees! So if you’re an undocumented citizen, you now become a refugee! are the CAA rules in place?” he requested. In December 2019, the Parliament had amended the Citizenship Act to grant citizenship to unlawful immigrants belonging to Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Parsi, Christian and Buddhist communities — however not Muslims — from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Under this regulation, they are going to be granted quick observe Indian citizenship in six years. So far, 12 years of residence has been the usual eligibility requirement for citizenship by way of naturalisation. The laws was handed amid robust criticism from the Opposition, which has been calling it discriminatory, and triggered huge nationwide protests.
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