New Delhi: Days ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Union Home Ministry (MHA) on Monday notified the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules.
“Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be notified today, of the Rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA-2019). These rules, called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 will enable the persons eligible under CAA-2019 to apply for a grant of Indian citizenship,” the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement on X.
“The applications will be submitted in a completely online mode for which a web portal has been provided,” the statement added.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be notifying today, the Rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA-2019). These rules, called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 will enable the persons eligible under CAA-2019 to apply for grant of Indian citizenship. (1/2)
— Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) March 11, 2024
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that these rules will now enable minorities persecuted on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire citizenship in our nation.
“The Modi government today notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024. These rules will now enable minorities persecuted on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire citizenship in our nation. With this notification PM Shri @narendramodi Ji has delivered on another commitment and realised the promise of the makers of our constitution to the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians living in those countries.,” he wrote on X.
The Modi government today notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024.
These rules will now enable minorities persecuted on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire citizenship in our nation.
With this notification PM Shri @narendramodi Ji has…
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) March 11, 2024
The announcement drew ire of opposition parties. Opposition leaders lashed out at the Modi government for implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and questioned the timing of the decision which has come ahead of the Lok Sabha elections due in April-May.
“It has taken four years and three months for the Modi Government to notify the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act that was passed by the Parliament in December 2019. The Prime Minister claims that his Government works in a business-like and time-bound manner. The time taken to notify the rules for the CAA is yet another demonstration of the Prime Minister’s blatant lies,” Jairam Ramesh, the communication head of the Congress, posted on X (formerly Twitter).
दिसंबर 2019 में संसद द्वारा पारित नागरिकता संशोधन अधिनियम के नियमों को अधिसूचित करने में मोदी सरकार को चार साल और तीन महीने लग गए। प्रधानमंत्री दावा करते हैं कि उनकी सरकार बिल्कुल प्रोफेशनल ढंग से और समयबद्ध तरीक़े से काम करती है। सीएए के नियमों को अधिसूचित करने में लिया गया इतना…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 11, 2024
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was a central component of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Following the BJP government’s ascension to power, the Parliament passed the act on December 11, 2019.
जब देश के नागरिक रोज़ी-रोटी के लिए बाहर जाने पर मजबूर हैं तो दूसरों के लिए ‘नागरिकता क़ानून’ लाने से क्या होगा?
जनता अब भटकावे की राजनीति का भाजपाई खेल समझ चुकी है। भाजपा सरकार ये बताए कि उनके 10 सालों के राज में लाखों नागरिक देश की नागरिकता छोड़ कर क्यों चले गये।
चाहे कुछ हो…
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 11, 2024
Meanwhile, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to people to ‘be calm and avoid rumours.’
“You should have notified rules six months ago. If there are any good things, we always support and appreciate but if anything is done that is not good for the country, TMC will always raise its voice and oppose it. I know why today’s date was chosen before Ramazan,” she said.
केन्द्र सरकार द्वारा नागरिकता संशोधन कानून को, अब ठीक चुनाव से पहले लागू करने के बजाय, इसको लेकर लोगों में जो संदेह, असमंजस व आशंकाएं हैं उन्हें पूरी तरह से दूर करने के बाद ही इसेे लागू किया जाना ही बेहतर होता।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) March 11, 2024
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had recently said that the CAA would be notified and implemented before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “CAA is an Act of the country, it will be definitely be notified. It will be notified before the polls, he had said.
On the CAA notification, DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan says, “This is the first step of converting this country into a Hindutva country, which is against the Constitution. This govt is known for its violation of all sections of the Constitution…”
DMK MP Tiruchi N Siva says “Today, they have notified along with the rules. The surprise is that this bill was passed in Parliament in 2019, though it appears to be very generous in giving citizenship to those who are persecuted by other nations but it is totally partial by way of leaving Muslims from that list. In the Parliament, I opposed it and on behalf of DMK, I gave an amendment…”
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