Topic: CAA

A day after the Union Government notified the rules to implement the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) filed an application seeking stay of the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024, it’s leaders said to Maktoob.

The Trinamool Congress will oppose the National Register of Citizens if the Union government tries to carry out the exercise in the state after the implementation of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said at on Monday.

With the Union government’s notification of the rules for the implementation of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Monday, Opposition parties and regional outfits in Assam gave a call for mass protests.

Reacting to the notification implementing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said that the entire country opposes the law, and people will give an answer to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Reacting to the notification implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M K Stalin said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government's "divisive agenda has weaponised the Citizenship Act, turning it from a beacon of humanity to a tool of discrimination based on religion and race through the enactment of CAA.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday described the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as a law that creates Muslims in India as second-class citizens and affirmed that it will not be put into effect in the southern state.