New Delhi: Barely minutes after the Centre carried out the much-awaited and “contentious” Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) across the nation, Congress was swift to juxtapose the announcement with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Congress chief Jairam Ramesh took to the social media platform and dubbed the notification because the Bhartiya Janata Party’s newest transfer to polarise the elections, particularly in West Bengal and Assam.
In a prolonged put up, the senior Congress chief stated that the saffron get together took greater than 4 years to inform the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act though it was handed by the Parliament in December 2019. “The Prime Minister claims that his Government works in a business-like and time-bound manner. The time taken to notify the rules for the CAA is yet another demonstration of the Prime Minister’s blatant lies,” stated Ramesh. It is value mentioning the CAA legislation, which was handed in December 2019, has a provision for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. However, the legislation couldn’t be carried out at the moment amid a widespread protest from minority communities.
“After seeking nine extensions for the notification of the rules, the timing right before the elections is evidently designed to polarise the elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam,” he added.
“Headline management”
Further, the stalwart Congress chief claimed the most recent transfer by the Centre was an try to handle the headlines after the Supreme Court’s extreme strictures on the Electoral Bonds Scandal. Notably, earlier immediately, the apex courtroom dismissed the State Bank of India’s plea in search of an extension of time and directed it to furnish the small print of electoral bonds to the Election Commission by shut of enterprise hours on March 12. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud additionally directed the EC to publish the small print shared by the financial institution on its official web site by 5 pm on March 15.
Mamata Banerjee additionally echoes Congress’ line
Meanwhile, the notification was taken equally by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The TMC chief stated she would oppose the CAA if it discriminates in opposition to teams of individuals.
Stating that the CAA and the NRC are delicate to West Bengal and the Northeast, Banerjee stated she doesn’t need unrest earlier than the Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing a hurriedly known as press convention on the state secretariat, Banerjee stated, “There are speculations that CAA ruled will be notified. 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.
