CAA

The Centre recently cleared the path for enforcing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, by issuing the corresponding rules on March 11, four years post its contentious passage by Parliament. This law aims to expedite Indian citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who arrived in India before December 31, 2014.

Speaking at a press conference, Sarma conveyed his intention to engage in discussions with the All-Assam Students' Union (AASU) and other relevant stakeholders to devise a solution post-election. Approximately 27 lakh people in the state faced biometric lockout, hindering their access to Aadhaar cards.

Clutching placards that mirrored their dissatisfaction with INDIA bloc leaders, the demonstrators marched towards the Congress headquarters, their voices raised in protest. The scene near the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters on Ashoka Road was fraught with tension as the demonstrators confronted a robust police presence.

The national capital is home to a significant population of Hindu and Sikh refugees who fled persecution in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Protests have erupted across various parts of Kerala against the Centre's notification regarding the CAA, with both the LDF and the UDF organizing marches towards Central government institutions to express their opposition to the decision.

His comments surfaced in response to the Union Home Ministry's announcement of the rules for the CAA, which facilitates citizenship for non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.

Primarily targeting non-Muslim communities including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, and Parsis, the CAA seeks to provide a legal pathway for those who fled religious persecution in their countries of origin before December 31, 2014.

The TMP, which has been demanding the upgradation the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) into a full-fledged state or a separate state under Article 2 and 3 of the Constitution, promised to pass a resolution against the CAA within 150 days if the party comes to power in Tripura after the February 16 Assembly poll.

This Act grants citizenship to refugees from six communities of religious minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh only if they have lived in India for at least six years. This amendment of the Citizenship Act of 1955 provides a means to acquire Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities that are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis or Christians, who entered India before December 2014.

He said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in West Bengal last week that the government would implement the CAA as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic ends but he remained silent during his 3-day visit in Assam on May 8-10. After inaugurating the Trinamool office at Jan Path (Jayanagar) in Guwahati, Banerjee addressed a big gathering of the party workers for the first time in Assam.