Citizen Amendment Act will be implemented in the country before Lok Sabha elections 2024
Rules for implementation of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) to grant fast-track citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are likely to be issued before the Model Code of Conduct comes into force for the Lok Sabha elections. Is. The Model Code of Conduct comes into force as soon as the election schedule is announced. The election schedule can be announced in the next fortnight.
Sources said that CAA rules can be issued before the Model Code of Conduct comes into effect. Once the CAA rules are released, the Modi government will start granting Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants – Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians – who came from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014. CAA was passed in December 2019 and got the assent of the President.
However, the law has not yet been implemented and rules are necessary for its implementation. After the CAA was passed by the Parliament, there were large-scale demonstrations in some parts of the country. More than a hundred people lost their lives during the demonstrations and in police action. The Home Ministry has prepared a portal for the convenience of the applicants and the entire process will be online.
An official said that applicants will have to declare the year in which they came to India without travel documents. No documents will be asked from the applicants. According to the law, undocumented minorities from the three neighboring countries will get benefits under CAA. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said on December 27 that no one can stop the implementation of CAA because it is the law of the country. He accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of misleading people on this issue.
While addressing a BJP meeting in Kolkata, Shah had said that implementing CAA is the party’s commitment.
