‘PM Modi's govt took 4 years and 3 months before…,’ says Jairam Ramesh as CAA rules come just before Lok Sabha polls
ANI. He questioned the need for CAA while saying that there was no need for a law to grant citizenship as the Centre can give citizenship even today if someone seeks it. Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar termed the implementation of CAA a ‘wrong decision’ as he said, "The timing of taking this decision is completely wrong.
It was not needed for this country," reported PTI. President of All India United Democratic Youth Front (AIUDYF), Jeherul Islam Badshah termed CAA a communal act. He said that we have been opposing it from the beginning and we will continue to oppose it.
He claimed that communal sentiments are being spread across the country through CAA. He added, "This is an attempt to finish the language and culture of Assam...We oppose this as Assamese." The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) expedites the Indian citizenship process for non-Muslim migrants. The act caters to religious persecuted minority migrants belonging to specific religious communities including Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to India before December 31, 2014.
The opposition parties termed the act ‘unconstitutional’ as only migrants from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan can avail citizenship based on religious identity. The CAA law was enacted in December 2019 but PM Modi's government did not implement it as protests and sectarian violence broke out in the national capital and elsewhere. (With inputs from ANI and PTI)Milestone Alert!
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