Following CAA notice, the government establishes panels for citizenship

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) regulations were announced a day earlier, and on Tuesday, the Ministry of Home Affairs opened a special website where individuals could submit their citizenship applications.

A representative added, “People who qualify under CAA-2019 can apply for citizenship on this portal: indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in.” To make apps easier, a mobile app will also be released shortly.

The CAA was put into effect by the Center on Monday, four years after it was enacted by Parliament. It allows illegal non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014, to apply for citizenship more quickly.

Following the regulations’ release, the Modi administration will begin awarding Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from the three nations, including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians.

The ministry has also established committees at the district level to check papers and an empowered body to make decisions about citizenship.

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CAA rollout: Center opens application site for qualified individuals
Anurag Singh Thakur, the minister of information and broadcasting, said on Tuesday that the BJP has fulfilled its campaign commitments on the CAA’s implementation. “On the CAA, I simply want to stress that the decisions we made have been completed. We followed through on our promise to abolish Article 370 and 35A. In Kashmir, wealth and peace have returned. Tourism and industry have benefited,” he said.

“We pledged to eliminate “triple talaq” in order to support Muslim females. We fulfilled our promise. We committed to providing CAA for minority that are persecuted and subjected to intimidation in neighboring nations. The largest humanitarian statute granting citizenship to those minority was crafted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, Thakur said.

“Why does the Opposition want to deny rights to those who have been waiting 70 years to become citizens? According to Thakur, the BJP operates within the Constitution and governs the nation in line with it.

Assam police caution against calling a bandh.

Leaders of the 16-party United Opposition Forum of Assam, headed by the Congress, received a legal notice from the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Guwahati on their demand for a “total strike” against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. According to the notification, the hartal is expected to cause property damage, store and other commercial facility closures by force, and blockages of roads. Concurrently, demonstrations were organized across the state by the All Assam Students’ Union, 30 non-political indigenous organizations, Congress, Raijor Dal, and CPI(M), in addition to Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad. On Tuesday, police increased security and detained scores of protestors.

Priority will be given to NRC applicants

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that he would step down first if someone who hasn’t filed for citizenship is granted it. Protesters have been arguing that thousands of people would join the state following the Citizenship and Immigration Act.

“Northeast states won’t be impacted by CAA.”

Conrad K. Sangma, the chief minister of Meghalaya, said that as the sixth schedule territories are not covered by the legislation, it would not affect the state. The northeastern states that now have the Inner Line Permit system in place will not be subject to the law’s implementation. In the meanwhile, Mizo Zirlai Pawl, the student body of Mizoram, protested the legislation by burning a copy of the regulations.

“Discrimination and unconstitutionality”

Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, will spearhead a protest against the CAA’s implementation in Siliguri on Wednesday. The law-critic Banerjee said on Tuesday that the regulations were “unconstitu-tional and discriminatory.” Speaking at an official event in the North 24 Parganas district of Habra, Banerjee insisted that she would not let the Citizenship Act to be implemented in West Bengal and advised the public to consider their application carefully before obtaining citizenship under the statute.

Amit Shah: “No Indian will lose their citizenship.”

Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has honored refugees who are Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain by granting them citizenship via the CAA. He added that no one’s citizenship may be revoked under the new legislation. Shah attacked the Congress and AIMIM, claiming that Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge were lying when they declared that minorities in the nation would lose their citizenship as a result of the CAA’s adoption.