The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), according to home minister Amit Shah, is provoking the Muslim community. In addition to assuring the minority community that their citizenship would not be taken away, he declared that the CAA will be implemented prior to the Lok Sabha elections.
“Since the CAA is a national law, it surely will be reviewed. It will receive notification before the polls.” speaking at the ET Now-Global Business summit held in the nation’s capital, Shah stated that the polls will implement CAA and that there should be no confusion regarding it.
“The Congress administration pledged the CAA. Congress had promised the refugees that they would be welcomed in India and would be granted Indian citizenship throughout the country’s division and the persecution of minorities in those other countries.” Shah remarked, “They are now reversing course.”
“Minorities in our country, especially the Muslim community, are being provoked Since the Act makes no mention of taking away citizenship, CAA cannot take away someone’s citizenship. The purpose of CAA is to grant citizenship to refugees who were subjected to persecution in Pakistan and Bangladesh,” he continued.
by Swapnil Angel Samad