-Firstpost.com * A total of 31,313 persons belonging to minority communities, including "25,447 Hindu, 5,807 Sikhs, 55 Christians, 2 Buddhists and 2 Parsis" will be immediate beneficiaries of the amended Citizenship Act * In a parliamentary committee report of 2016, the Intelligence Bureau told the panel that those from the minority groups will have to prove that they came to India due to religious persecution A total of 31,313 persons belonging to minority...
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Left to the whims of the executive -Malavika Prasad
-The Hindu The Citizenship Act is a mere skeleton, whose flesh and blood was left to be dictated by executive action The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 tells us who, in the eyes of the Indian government, has a right to be considered for citizenship. So far, no illegal migrant could be considered for citizenship. Now, the government can grant citizenship to persons with certain religious identities (Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Christians, Buddhists)...
More »Citizenship Amendment Act -- the fear factor -Varghese K George
-The Hindu ‘Indians have nothing to worry, but if you worry, you may not be Indian’ seems to be the govt.’s argument ‘Indians have nothing to fear,’ has been the refrain of the proponents of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). On the corollary move to implement a National Register of Citizens (NRC), they keep changing their positions — sometimes they say NRC and CAA have no link at all; other times they...
More »MHA clarifies on citizenship to migrants from three nations -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Ministry issues advisory to States and UTs, asking them to take all steps to check violence and ensure the safety of life and properties New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday said no migrant from the six non-Muslim communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh “will become Indian citizen automatically.” A migrant should apply online and the competent authority would see whether he or she fulfiled all the...
More »Citizenship Amendment Act - Students erupt in nationwide protests
-The Hindu Won’t implement citizenship law or NRC, declares Mamata Stung by the brutal police action in Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday, students hit the streets in Chennai, Puducherry, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kolkata and Guwahati in solidarity, even as political leaders held rallies and dharnas against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on Monday. In a rare moment for Kerala, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) joined hands...
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