The Home Ministry notified the principles for implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019 on Monday. The CAA paves the way in which for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
With the CAA guidelines being issued, the Modi authorities will now begin granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who got here to India until December 31, 2014. These embrace Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians.
The announcement of the implementation of the CAA drew sharp reactions from the Opposition camp.
The largest opposition occasion Congress linked the announcement to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Party chief Jairam Ramesh stated the notification is the Bhartiya Janata Party’s transfer to polarise the elections, particularly in West Bengal and Assam.
Asaduddin Owaisi’s response
AIMIM chief additionally linked the transfer to the upcoming elections sayin the CAA is divisive and based mostly on Godse’s thought that wished to scale back Muslims to second-class residents.
“Aap chronology samajhiye, pehle election season aayega phir CAA rules aayenge. Our objections to CAA remain the same. CAA is divisive & based on Godse’s thought that wanted to reduce Muslims to second-class citizens,” he posted on X.
Give asylum to anybody who’s persecuted however citizenship should not be based mostly on faith or nationality, Owaisi added.
“The govt should explain why it kept these rules pending for five years and why it’s implementing it now. Along with NPR-NRC, CAA is meant to only target Muslims, it serves no other purpose. Indians who came out on the streets to oppose CAA NPR NRC will have no choice but to oppose it again,” he stated.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned the transfer asking when the residents of the nation are pressured to exit for livelihood, what’s going to occur by bringing ‘citizenship legislation’ for others.
“When the citizens of the country are forced to go out for livelihood, what will happen by bringing ‘citizenship law’ for others? The public has now understood the BJP’s game of politics of distraction. The BJP government should explain why lakhs of citizens gave up their citizenship of the country during their 10 years of rule,” he posted on X in Hindi.
Will oppose CAA: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee stated she would oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) if it discriminates towards teams of individuals. The CM asserted the CAA and the NRC are delicate to West Bengal and the Northeast, including she doesn’t need unrest earlier than the Lok Sabha elections.
“Let me be very clear that we will oppose anything that discriminates people. Let them bring out the rules, then we will speak on the issue after going through the rules,” she stated whereas addressing a hurriedly known as press convention on the state secretariat in Kolkata.
Mayawati questions timing of CAA implementation
BSP chief and former UP chief minister Mayawati stated the legislation would have been carried out after addressing folks’s issues.
“Instead of implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act now, right before the elections, it would have been better for the Central government to implement it only after completely removing the doubts, confusion and apprehensions that people have regarding it,” she posted on X in Hindi.
