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TopicCitizenship Amendment Act

Topic: Citizenship Amendment Act

The Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA, is a law passed by the Indian Parliament in 2019. It aims to amend the country’s citizenship laws, defines illegal immigrants and lays down the rules and prerequisites for applying for Indian citizenship. It allows minorities of six communities, namely Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians, from India’s neighboring countries — Pakistan, Afghanistan, or Bangladesh — who entered India before 31 December 2014 to get citizenship more easily on the grounds of religious persecution.


The introduction of this bill led to mass protests from students, civil society, and the opposition parties as religion for the first time was made a test of Indian citizenship. The most notable was a 100-plus day protest in Shaheen Bagh, a working-class Muslim neighbourhood in the country’s capital, New Delhi with Muslim women at the forefront of this protest.


Four years after the CAA’s initial introduction and passing, the rules were brought into effect in March 2024.

High alert in Kerala, Karnataka after protesters’ death, mobile internet shut in UP

PTI -
On Thursday, a man was killed as protesters pelted stones at police in Lucknow during CAA protest while two persons were killed in police firing in Mangaluru.

Why states need to stop calling Indian Army to deal with protesters. It’s not riot police

Snehesh Alex Philip -
When violence erupted in Assam last week over the Citizenship Amendment Act, Indian Army was instantly deployed, with the DGP saying it was just 'for show'.

Citizenship law shows tension between BJP’s Hindutva and Modi govt’s economic goal

Sanjay G. Reddy -
Having an environment that is not disrupted by social and political tensions is important for business, both domestic and foreign.

Govt has no plan in place for nationwide NRC, says Union Minister G Kishan Reddy

ThePrint Team -
Minister of state (Home) G. Kishan Reddy also accused opposition parties of fuelling protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Govt scared of students, academicians: Ex-Maharashtra CM Chavan on Ram Guha’s detention

PTI -
Noted historian Ramachandra Guha was detained in Bengaluru on Thursday along with several others who defied prohibitory orders to protest against the newly amended Citizenship Act.

Modi govt reaches out to Muslim clerics to appeal for peace as India protests citizenship law

Shanker Arnimesh -
Minority commission & minority affairs ministry have asked clerics to tell the community the law is not anti-Muslim & there’s nothing to worry about.

Delhi protesters defy Section 144 to march against citizenship law, hundreds detained

Revathi Krishnan -
Authorities impose Section 144 in several parts of Delhi, shuts metro stations and suspends mobile services, but large crowds still turn up to protest.

Violent anti-CAA protests break out in Lucknow, police use tear-gas to disperse crowds

PTI -
A mob pelted stones and torched vehicles parked outside a police post in Lucknow during protests against the new citizenship law.

Samajwadi Party and Congress MLAs defy Section 144 in UP, hold protests against CAA

PTI -
Opposition leaders held protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at the legislative assembly complex in Lucknow even as prohibitory orders remained imposed in the state.

Arnab asks if AAP, Congress ‘fuelling riots’ in Delhi, Derek O Brien questions PM

Revathi Krishnan -
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