CAA Implementation Triggers Protests, MHA Says No Impact On Indian Muslims’ Citizenship

The Union Home Ministry has officially released the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), ahead of the General Elections 2024. The law aims to expedite citizenship for persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who arrived in India before December 31, 2014, reducing the qualification period for citizenship application from 11 to five years. The Act, passed in December 2019, faced backlash and protests across the country, with concerns raised about its discriminatory nature targeting Muslims. The Ministry of Home Affairs clarified that the CAA does not address deportation of illegal immigrants and assured that no Indian citizen would be asked to produce any document to prove citizenship.