CAA:
Empowered committee will be formed at the district level under CAA, it will have the right to take decisions regarding citizenship.
The Narendra Modi government at the Center has issued a notification of the Citizenship Amendment Act on Monday evening and implemented it. With this, minorities from neighboring countries who came to India till December 31, 2014, will be able to take Indian citizenship.
Now information is coming that after the implementation of CAA, an empowered committee will be formed. Which will work in every district and only the committee will decide whether to grant citizenship to the applicant or not.
It is being told that after the implementation of CAA, now the Empowered Committee will work in every district. In which there will be some expert members and the person applying for citizenship will have to appear before these members. A provision has been made to fill the form released today by the government online.
Committee will be formed at state level also
At the same time, direct census at the state level will lead this process. In this committee, there will also be officers of Deputy Secretary Star of Intelligence Bureau, officers of FRRO, State Information Officer, Postmaster General of the state or union territory.
Empowered committee will submit report to the state government
Similarly, an empowered committee will be formed at the district level which will submit its report to the state government. Verification of applicants will be done at the district level and they will have to fill a specific form regarding their commitment to Indianness. The empowered committee that will be formed at the district level will ensure whether the applicant is given Indian citizenship or not. The most important thing in this notification is that this empowered committee at the district level itself will have the right to decide whether applicants should be given Indian citizenship or not.
The government had amended the law in 2019
In the year 2019, the Narendra Modi-led central government had amended the citizenship law. In this, a provision was made to give Indian citizenship to six minorities (Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis) who came from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh before 31 December 2014. According to the rules, the right to give citizenship rests with the Central Government. Will be in the hands of.
CAA implemented across the country, but it is outside the scope of state law, Mamata-Pinarai’s attitude also harsh
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019 has come into force across the country and the rules related to it have also been notified. Under this law, there is a provision to give citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim immigrants coming to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
But there are many states in the country which will remain outside the purview of CAA. The Citizenship Amendment Act will not be implemented in most tribal areas of the North-Eastern states, including areas granted special status under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Let us tell you that the CCA law was implemented on Monday.
Why will CAA not be implemented in these states of the country?
As per the law, the CCA will not be implemented in all the north-eastern states where people residing in other parts of the country require ‘Inner Line Permit’ (ILP) to travel. ILP is applicable in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur. Officials quoted the rules and said that tribal areas where autonomous councils have been formed under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution have also been kept out of the purview of CAA. There are such autonomous councils in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura. This clearly means that Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura will remain out of the purview of CAA.
CAA protest in Assam
Protests against CAA have also started in Assam. All Assam Students Union has called for protests in Assam. The Joint Opposition Forum of 16 parties has announced a statewide bandh today. Copies of CAA were also burnt at some places in Assam. People associated with AASU will come to Delhi and appeal to the government to withdraw the CAA notification.
Assam Police has issued legal notices to 16 opposition political parties to call the bandh. The police warned the political parties and said that as per the order of the Gauhati High Court, cases may be registered against them. The 2023 order of the Guwahati HC states that the ‘bandh’ is illegal and unconstitutional. The HC has further directed that the government can recover from the protesters the economic loss caused due to the protest or strike. At the same time, the Chief Minister of Assam had warned that if the bandh is called, the registration of political parties may be stopped.
Kerala and Bengal governments also against CAA
The Central Government has implemented CAA but its implementation in Kerala and Bengal seems to be a very difficult task. In fact, the governments of both the states have refused to implement it. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that if people are deprived of their rights through the rules of CAA, then she will fight against it. He says that implementing CAA is BJP’s election campaign and nothing else. Mamta appealed to the people to remain calm and avoid rumors.
Kerala has also been against the Citizenship Amendment Act since its inception. CM Pinarayi Vijayan says that his government has already said that it will not allow this law to be implemented in its state. Terming it a communal law, he said that the entire Kerala is united against it. He said that Kerala was the first state which passed a resolution in the Assembly in 2019 in protest against CAA, demanding the repeal of this law.
Guwahati police gave a legal notice to the Political parties who have called for a 'Sarbatmak Hartal' in Assam to protest against the CAA.
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— ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2024
How will refugees get citizenship?
There is a wave of happiness among Bangladeshi Hindus after the implementation of CAA. These refugees will now be able to apply through a portal, after which they will be granted Indian citizenship. Delhi Police is on alert after the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act across the country. Police are continuously conducting flag marches in sensitive areas of Delhi. Security of Shaheen Bagh area has been increased. This step has been taken in view of the seriousness of the matter. In fact, last time there was a massive protest against CAA in Shaheen Bagh itself.