Assam CM: BJP Committed To Implementing Citizenship Law

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the BJP is committed to implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act and it is a matter of time that its rules are framed. It is a Hindu’s legitimate right to become a citizen in his or her motherland and the BJP fully stands by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

“CAA is part of our commitment, it is part of our ideology. We will implement it. Somebody questioned ‘where is Ram Mandir, when it will come’, you have seen Ram Mandir now, somebody has questioned ‘when Article 370 will go’, it has gone. The same way you will see UCC (Uniform Civil Code) coming, the same way you will see CAA coming,” he said.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act provides for granting Indian citizenship to non-Muslims — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians – coming from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The CAA was passed by the Parliament on December 11, 2019, and the presidential nod was received the next day. Subsequently, it was notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

However, the law is yet to be implemented as rules under the CAA are yet to be framed. Rules under a law have to be framed for its implementation.