The Union Home Ministry on Monday notified the foundations for the amended Citizenship Act, 4 years after it was enacted to fast-track granting of citizenship to non-Muslims who entered India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan earlier than December 31, 2014. The Citizenship Amendment Bill was handed by Parliament in 2019 and was signed by the President, however on account of Covid epidemic, the foundations couldn’t be notified. Home Minister Amit Shah had promised in West Bengal that CAA guidelines can be notified earlier than the Lok Sabha elections.
Soon after the foundations had been notified, a number of Muslim organisations protested, with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi describing it as a ballot gimmick. On Monday, Home Minister Amit Shah posted the 39 web page notification on social media. The guidelines are fairly elaborate. Soon after, there have been celebrations amongst Matua Hindus in West Bengal who had migrated from Bangladesh on account of persecution. The Matua neighborhood members had been searching for Indian citizenship since a number of a long time. Since they weren’t Indian residents, they weren’t getting the advantage of authorities schemes. State BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari stated, practically two and a half crore Hindus dwelling in West Bengal are elated over this measure.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee described it as a political gimmick, and added that she would react solely after going via the complete notification. CPI(M) chief Mohammed Salim alleged that there was a “secret deal” when Mamata known as on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Raj Bhavan final week. He described CAA as BJP’s “election card” in Bengal. AIMIM chief Owaisi described CAA as anti-Constitutional. He stated, “one must look at CAA in association with NRC (National Register of Citizens) and NPR (National Population Register. Home Minister Amit Shah said in Parliament that NRC and NPR will be implemented…it’s on record. Their (BJP) main aim is to implement NPR and NRC in the country.”
Since Shaheen Bagh in Delhi was the spot the place Muslim girls had staged dharna for a number of months towards CAA in 2019, police forces had been deployed on Monday night time in Shaheen Bagh and North-east Delhi. Police in Uttar Pradesh and Assam have additionally been placed on full alert. Muslim scholar in Lucknow Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangimahali appealed to Muslims to not over-react, and type their opinion solely after going via the CAA notification. The predominant query that’s being raised is why CAA has been notified 4 years after it turned regulation? Whether it has any reference to the Lok Sabha elections? I might say, it has a reference to elections. When leaders like Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and Owaisi will oppose CAA, it would profit the BJP. Whenever makes an attempt can be made to create worry within the minds of Muslims, naturally BJP would be the beneficiary. But I believe, as an alternative of going via electoral benefits and downsides, as soon as ought to undergo the foundations. It is critical to inform Muslim brothers and sisters in regards to the floor actuality.
Firstly, CAA is just not associated to people who find themselves already Indian residents. No Indian citizen would lose his or her citizenship. This regulation is supposed to assist these minorities who had been going through persecution by the hands of Muslim majority in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. This regulation is supposed for Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Buddhists and Parsees who got here to India earlier than December 31, 2024 from these three neighbouring international locations. They can get Indian citizenship. This regulation is not going to have an effect on any Muslim or non-Muslim Indian’s citizenship.
No questions can be raised about their citizenship. No paperwork can be demanded from them to show their citizenship. All such fears are baseless. CAA is a regulation that solely grants citizenship. Nobody must be anxious about this regulation. Since elections are close to, many of the leaders and Maulanas might attempt to create a way of worry, however there isn’t a have to panic, nor ought to anyone worry. Everybody have to be on alert.
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