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NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be notified and implemented before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Speaking at the ET Now-Global Business summit in the national capital, Shah emphasized that the CAA is an Act of the country and will be definitely notified in due time. He also clarified that the CAA aims to provide citizenship and not take away anyone’s citizenship.
“CAA is an Act of the country, it will be definitely be notified.It will be notified before the polls. CAA will be implemented by the polls, and there should be no confusion around it,” Amit Shah said.
“CAA was a promise of the Congress government. When the country was divided and the minorities were persecuted in those countries, Congress had assured the refugees that they were welcome in India and they will be provided with Indian citizenship. Now they are backtracking,” he added.
The CAA, introduced by the Narendra Modi government, aims to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan who arrived in India before December 31, 2014.
“Minorities in our country, and specially our Muslim community, are being provoked. CAA cannot snatch away anyone’s citizenship because there is no provision in the Act. CAA is an act to provide citizenship to refugees who were persecuted in Bangladesh and Pakistan,” he said.
Following the passage of the CAA by Parliament in December 2019 and its subsequent presidential assent, significant protests erupted in various parts of the country.
Shah reiterated that the Act does not snatch away anyone’s citizenship as there is no provision for it. Shifting focus to the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Shah emphasized that this election is about corruption versus development. He stated that it is not a contest between INDIA bloc and NDA, but rather a battle between corrupt governance and zero tolerance against corruption.
“This election is about those who want to secure national security vs. those who, in the name of foreign policy, endanger national security” the Union home minister said.
Speaking at the ET Now-Global Business summit in the national capital, Shah emphasized that the CAA is an Act of the country and will be definitely notified in due time. He also clarified that the CAA aims to provide citizenship and not take away anyone’s citizenship.
“CAA is an Act of the country, it will be definitely be notified.It will be notified before the polls. CAA will be implemented by the polls, and there should be no confusion around it,” Amit Shah said.
“CAA was a promise of the Congress government. When the country was divided and the minorities were persecuted in those countries, Congress had assured the refugees that they were welcome in India and they will be provided with Indian citizenship. Now they are backtracking,” he added.
The CAA, introduced by the Narendra Modi government, aims to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan who arrived in India before December 31, 2014.
“Minorities in our country, and specially our Muslim community, are being provoked. CAA cannot snatch away anyone’s citizenship because there is no provision in the Act. CAA is an act to provide citizenship to refugees who were persecuted in Bangladesh and Pakistan,” he said.
Following the passage of the CAA by Parliament in December 2019 and its subsequent presidential assent, significant protests erupted in various parts of the country.
Shah reiterated that the Act does not snatch away anyone’s citizenship as there is no provision for it. Shifting focus to the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Shah emphasized that this election is about corruption versus development. He stated that it is not a contest between INDIA bloc and NDA, but rather a battle between corrupt governance and zero tolerance against corruption.
“This election is about those who want to secure national security vs. those who, in the name of foreign policy, endanger national security” the Union home minister said.
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