Guwahati, 12th March: All India Muslim Jamaat President, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi, has welcomed the recent notification of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by the central government. He addressed concerns within the Muslim community, asserting that the Act will not impact their citizenship status. Bareilvi emphasized that the CAA is intended to provide citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who have faced religious persecution.
In response to fears among minorities, particularly the Muslim community, Union Home Minister Amit Shah clarified that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) aims to grant citizenship, not revoke it. Shah underscored that the Act does not contain provisions to strip anyone of their citizenship. Rather, it seeks to offer citizenship to refugees persecuted in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
The Union Home Ministry has announced the rules for implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), just days before the scheduled release of the Lok Sabha elections schedule. Introduced by the Narendra Modi government and approved by Parliament in 2019, the CAA aims to provide Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan who arrived in India prior to December 31, 2014.
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