CAA enacted in nation, Pre-election notification released, security increased in Delhi

The notification under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was issued late in the evening on Monday. An announcement regarding this was made earlier by the Home Ministry. With the implementation of this law, people from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh living in India will be given citizenship. The BJP had included this in its 2019 manifesto.

CAA was passed in Parliament on December 11, 2019, after which it became a topic of discussion and protest across the country. The Citizenship Amendment Act creates a fast-track road to Indian citizenship for refugees from Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Buddhist, and Christian communities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.

As soon as the notification was issued, security arrangements were tightened across the country. CRPF and paramilitary forces have been deployed especially in West Bengal. Security has also increased in the National Capital region, along with police flag marching in Shaeen Bagh and north east Delhi.

Some important things to know about CAA

• With the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, i.e., CAA, the way has been cleared for minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh to get Indian citizenship. 
• This will apply to followers of all religions. There is no provision in this to take away the citizenship of any person.
• In this, it has been said that religious minorities coming from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and settling in India will get citizenship. 
• The implementation of CAA will benefit the refugees from these three neighboring countries, who do not have any valid documents to live in India. 
• In this, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians who came after facing persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan before December 31, 2014, will be given Indian citizenship. 
• After being passed by the Parliament four years ago in December 2019, the Citizenship Amendment Act has also received approval from the President.
• The Citizenship Amendment Act got the President's approval on January 10, 2020, but due to Corona, it kept getting delayed. 
• Actually, the CAA law has been made for such people who are fed up with religious persecution in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and have taken refuge in India.
• Muslims are the most opposed to this law. Actually, Muslims coming from three countries have been kept out of the process of granting citizenship. 
• The people protesting say that this law is a violation of the constitutional guarantee of equality in the Indian Constitution because Muslims are being discriminated against.

December 2019: The CAA's passing in Parliament!

CAA was passed in Parliament on December 11, 2019, after which it became a topic of discussion and protest across the country. The Citizenship Amendment Act creates a fast-track road to Indian citizenship for refugees from Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Buddhist, and Christian communities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.

For this, the Citizenship Act of 1955 has been amended, under which those who have come to India to seek refuge due to religious persecution in their country before December 31, 2014, can be given Indian citizenship.

More on the protest across the nation regarding CAA

There were protests against this law in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh and in Guwahati, Assam, although people had to withdraw their protests in view of the COVID-19 infection. It is noteworthy that it has been more than four years since the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed in Parliament, but it took more time to implement it because its rules and procedures had to be finalized.