The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 which confers citizenship on the basis of religion came into force on Friday.
In a gazette notification, the Union Home Ministry said that non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan would be granted Indian citizenship, under which the Act would come into force from 10 January.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (47 of 2019), the Central Government appointed for this the 10th day of January 2020, the date on which the said Act The provisions of this will apply, ”the notification states.
The CAA was passed by Parliament on 11 December last year.
Critics say the act is discriminatory and violates Article 14 of the Constitution, however, PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have underlined on several occasions that it only provides shelter to the six communities who have given the above three divorces The case has faced religious persecution…
Amid protests across the country against the Act, the Home Minister made it clear that the government does not back an inch on the Act. The government has been saying that minority groups from three countries have no other option but to face religious persecution in India.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, however, is yet to implement the rules for the Act.
