Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, or CAA, which was passed by Parliament in 2019, has been notified by the Union home ministry yesterday, which means the law now comes into effect. By notifying CAA, right before the Lok Sabha polls, BJP has fulfilled the promise it had made in its 2019 manifesto to make nationals of … Read more
The notification of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, rules, delayed by over four years, enforces CAA in the entire country. It is already in force in certain identified districts of nine states. The notification of rules will, in effect, fast-track citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan for the rest of the … Read more
New Delhi: The government announced the long-pending implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), approved by Parliament in 2019, notifying the rules under which the legislation will operate. The law aims to grant citizenship to migrants belonging to the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who had come … Read more
Guwahati (Assam): While speaking on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Assam Assembly Deputy Speaker Numal Momin said that rules (of CAA) will be coming very soon and it will not cause any disturbance or misunderstanding among the people because the act says that December 31, 2014 is the cut-off date. Read original article here Denial … Read more
Slamming the Centre’s attempt to introduce the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the BJP always comes up with citizenship rights implementation issues ahead of the elections. The Trinamool chief also raised concern about Aadhaar cards of many people getting rejected in several parts of Bengal. “Around 50 … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that no one can stop the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as it is the law of the land and accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of misleading people on the issue. Addressing a closed-door meeting of the state BJP’s social media and IT wing … Read more
