CAA India Highlights: 'Step is to divide country, reap political benefits,' says Kerala's LoP Satheesan
CAA India Highlights: The Modi government on Monday i.e. March 11, 2024 notified the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The CAA was passed by the Parliament in 2019 amid huge protests across the country. The act expedites the citizenship process for non-Muslim migrants – including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians – who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before 2014.The Act has faced numerous delays and continued criticism from the Opposition parties.
Applications have to be submitted online through a newly formed portal with citizenship hopefuls declaring the year in which they entered India without travel documents. “The applications will be submitted in a completely online mode for which a web portal has been provided,” it added.
After earlier speculations of the CAA rules likely to be notified today, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said, “Let me see the rules first. The notification has not been issued yet. If people are deprived of their rights under the rules, then we will fight against it. This is BJP’s publicity for elections, it is nothing else.”
CAA Live Updates: TMC cancels roadshow against CAA in West Bengal's Siliguri
est Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee canceled Wednesday’s roadshow and public distribution program in Siliguri.
CAA Live Updates: TMC to hold roadshow against CAA in West Bengal’s Siliguri
“The TMC to hold a roadshow against CAA in Siliguri, West Bengal tomorrow. CM Mamata Banerjee to take part in the roadshow. The roadshow will begin from Mainak and end at Venus More, in Siliguri,” said West Bengal Minister Aroop Biswas.
CAA India LIVE: Will oppose CAA legally, says Kerala LoP VD Satheesan
Congress leader and Kerala LoP VD Satheesan said, “This is a step taken to divide the country. This is a step by the BJP government, just ahead of Lok Sabha elections, to reap political benefits. We will strongly oppose this…we will make all efforts to oppose this legally as well. We will never support such steps that decide citizenship according to the religion of people”
