Union Home Minister Amit Shah 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.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a significant amendment to the Citizenship Act of 1955, has been a topic of robust discussion and political debate in India.
The CAA was introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2016 and came into force on January 10, 2020, with its implementation beginning on December 20, 2019, when Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya provided citizenship certificates to seven Pakistani refugees.
The essence of the CAA is to provide a pathway to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014. This includes Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians who faced persecution in their home countries. The act is particularly significant as India does not have an official refugee/asylum policy.
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