The Union authorities on Wednesday began granting citizenship underneath the Citizenship (Modification) Act in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand.
The CAA was enacted in December 2019 for granting Indian nationality to persecuted Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who got here to India on or earlier than December 31, 2014.
The candidates in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand had been granted citizenship on Wednesday by the respective State Empowered Committee, the Union Dwelling Ministry stated in a press release.
The primary set of citizenship certificates after the notification of the Citizenship (Modification) Guidelines, 2024, granted by the Empowered Committee, Delhi, had been handed over to the candidates in New Delhi by the Union Dwelling Secretary on Might 15.
This second tranche of citizenship certificates had been issued on Wednesday, days earlier than the ultimate part of voting for Lok Sabha polls on June 1.
A number of constituencies in West Bengal will vote within the closing part on Saturday. The counting of votes will happen on June 4.
Although the CAA was enactment in 2019, the principles to grant citizenship underneath it was had been issued on March 11 this 12 months, after a delay of greater than 4 years.
The CAA guidelines envisage the style of software type, process for processing purposes by the District Degree Committee (DLC), scrutiny and grant of citizenship by State Degree Empowered Committee (SLEC).
The processing of purposes is totally by way of the web portal The passing of the CAA in 2019 sparked protests in several elements of the nation with agitators terming the regulation “discriminatory”.
Over 100 individuals misplaced their lives throughout the anti-CAA protests or police motion in numerous elements of the nation. Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah has been sustaining that nobody can cease the implementation of the CAA as it’s the regulation of the land. He accused opposition of deceptive the individuals on the problem.