2 years On, Citizenship Law Remains Defunct. Fresh Call For Withdrawal
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"CAA was notified on December 12, 2019, and came into force on January 10, 2020. The persons covered under CAA may apply for citizenship after the rules are notified," Union minister Nityanand Rai said
The framing of rules under the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act -- mandatory for its implementation -- is pending two years after the law came into effect. Demands to scrap the law, seen as a spinoff of the farm laws cancellation, are now being raised afresh. At the all-party meeting on Sunday, Agatha Sangma -- leader of BJP ally National Peoples Party -- demanded the scraping of the of CAA, citing the Centre's move to repeal the farm laws.
"Since the farm laws have been repealed, and this was done primarily keeping in mind the sentiments of the people, I requested the government to repeal the CAA keeping in mind the same sort of sentiments of the people from the Northeast," she had told media after attending NDA meeting.
Agatha Sangma's brother Conrad Sangma is the Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
"CAA was notified on December 12, 2019, and came into force on January 10, 2020. The persons covered under CAA may apply for citizenship after the rules are notified," Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha in response to query raised by Hibi Eden, a Congress MP from Kerala.
