CAA implementation Highlights: CAA rules come into force with immediate effect, gazette notification states

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CAA news LIVE: Assam oppn flay implementation of CAA; protests erupt

--The AASU which had spearheaded a six-year agitation demanding identification and deportation of illegal immigrants in 1979, said it will fight the legislation in and outside court. AASU and 30 indigenous non-political organisations burnt copies of the Act and organised protest rallies in different parts of the state, including Guwahati, Kamrup, Barpeta, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Dibrugarh, Golaghat and Tezpur.

--The 16-party United Opposition Forum, Assam, (UOFA) also announced a statewide hartal on Tuesday, besides taking up other agitational programmes in a phased manner.

--Security has been tightened across the state with additional deployment of police personnel following the implementation of the Act, according to a senior police official.

CAA news Live Updates: Pathway towards peace, says African-American actress and singer Mary Millben

On CAA notification, African-American actress and singer Mary Millben tweets, "This is a pathway towards peace. This is a true act of democracy. As a Christian, woman of faith, and global advocate for religious freedom, I applaud the Modi-led government announcing today the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act now granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, and Parsis from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan."

Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on CAA notification
On CAA notification, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal says, "...Why this delay? If the govt had some sincerity on this issue, they could have given this order four years ago...This is being done before the announcement of the elections to divert the attention..."

CAA news Live Updates

On CAA, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Chief Priest Acharya Satyendra Das says, "It is a very good thing. There are some Sikhs, Christians and Hindus who have come from outside and now all of them will get citizenship and this is a very good thing..."

CAA news Live Updates: MHA says implementation of CAA was delayed due to COVID-19

The Constitution of India grants us the right to provide religious persecuted refugees with fundamental rights and to grant citizenship from a humanitarian perspective. The implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act was delayed due to the COVID pandemic: Ministry of Home Affairs

CAA Live Updates: CAA implemented to divert attention from electoral bonds case: Sharad Pawar faction of NCP

The Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar on Monday said the decision to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act by the Narendra Modi government was to divert people's attention for the controversy over electoral bonds.

"The CAA notification is a spin by the @BJP4India led government to take the attention away from the Electoral bonds issue," claimed Clyde Crasto, national spokesperson the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP.

CAA Live Updates: Hope and happiness among Pak Hindu refugees in Delhi as CAA rules notified

Pakistani Hindu refugees residing in Delhi expressed hope and happiness on the implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Monday, saying they are elated that "we will be called Indian citizens finally". Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Centre announced the implementation of the contentious CAA 2019 for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014.

CAA Live Updates: Why was CAA implementation delayed, asks CPI(M) leader Md Salim

Commenting on Government’s decision to implement CAA just ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, CPI(M) leader Md Salim said, “It took 5 years to notify the rules. Why was it delayed?... People want jobs and education and the problem of price rise is not being addressed... The Modi government has failed to raise emotive issues. Now as a last resort before the elections, they are announcing these rules...”

CAA Live Updates: Security tightened across Assam following CAA rules notification

-- Security has been tightened across Assam with additional deployment of police personnel following the announcement of the implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) on Monday.

-- All police stations have been put on an alert and barricades have been set up in major thoroughfares in almost all the towns of the state, including Guwahati, officials said.

-- Patrolling has been intensified in the sensitive areas with opposition parties announcing that they would launch protests against the notification of the rules.

CAA Live Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) Spokesperson Anand Dubey reacts to CAA rules implementation

“We are sitting in March 2024, if you wanted to bring a law, you had 10 years, you could have brought the law, now when the code of conduct will be imposed in 2-4 days, then you are bringing the law…Today you have implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act CAA, what will happen from this? There are elections ahead, that's why you are doing all these things, just to spread the atmosphere of anarchy in this country, to win the elections...”

CAA Live Updates: Members of Motua community celebrate after Centre announces implementation of CAA

CAA Live Updates: CAA rules come into force with immediate effect, gazette notification states

CAA Live Updates: Promise was given by makers of our Constitution to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians living in 3 countries: HM Shah on CAA

CAA Live Updates: Aap chronology samajhiye, says Asaduddin Owaisi on CAA rule notification ahead of polls

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi says, "Aap chronology samajhiye, pehle election season aayega phir CAA rules aayenge. Our objections to CAA remain the same. CAA is divisive & based on Godse’s thought that wanted to reduce Muslims to second-class citizens."

"Give asylum to anyone who is persecuted but citizenship must not be based on religion or nationality. The govt should explain why it kept these rules pending for five years & why it’s implementing it now. Along with NPR-NRC, CAA is meant to only target Muslims, it serves no other purpose."

"Indians who came out on the streets to oppose CAA NPR NRC will have no choice but to oppose it again."

CAA Live Updates: Maintain peace, says AIMPLB Maulana Mahali on CAA rule notification

All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali says: "We have come to know that this notification has been issued and my appeal to all the community members is that we all should maintain peace and our legal committee will study the full notification and then any statement can be given..."

CAA Live Updates: MHA notifies CAA rules via gazette notification

The Ministry of Home Affairs on March 11 notified the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules via a gazette notification.

CAA Live Updates: Move aimed at polarising citizens ahead of Lok Sabha polls, alleges Congress

The Congress alleged that the timing of notifying the rules is evidently designed to polarise the coming Lok Sabha elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also alleged that the announcement is yet another attempt to "manage the headlines" after the Supreme Court's strictures on the electoral bonds issue. "After seeking nine extensions for the notification of the rules, the timing right before the elections is evidently designed to polarise the elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam," the Congress leader said.

CAA Live Updates: Surprising government did not find time to notify CAA rules earlier, says SC advocate

Senior Supreme Court advocate Sanjay Hegde, who was appointed as an interlocutor by the Supreme Court to talk to the anti-CAA protestors at Shaheen Bagh in 2019-2020, said: "It was surprising that the government did not find time earlier to notify the CAA rules. The Act has been challenged in the Supreme Court, there has been no specific stay, the matter hasn't been heard for some time. In the meanwhile, the rules have been notified and I am sure that in respect of the implementation of rules, there will be appropriate petitions filed. It is possible that the government wanted to notify these rules before the Model Code of Conduct comes into play."

CAA Live Updates: People who fled neighbouring nations due to religious persecution deserve Indian citizenship, says BJP leader

Commenting on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa says, "I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. It was our demand for a long time that CAA should be implemented in the country and our brothers who have come from Afghanistan, Pakistan or Bangladesh, who were tortured because of their religion and were forced to leave their religion. They left the country but did not leave their religion, such people should be given citizenship of India..."

CAA Live Updates: ‘CAA will give Hindus who fled East Pakistan official recognition as citizens’

Many thousands of Hindus were driven out of East Pakistan / Bangladesh after March 1971. The exodus has been uninterrupted. Their crime was that they were Hindus. Many of these unfortunate people have acquired papers illegally. The CAA gives them official recognition & redeems a pledge made to the minorities of Pakistan by the national leadership, says BJP’s Swapan Dasgupta

CAA Live Updates: Won’t implement CAA, says Kerala CM

Kerala Chief Minister P Vijayan described the CAA as a communally divisive law and asserted that it will not be implemented in the state.

CAA Live Updates: Looking at it through political lens: Union Minister on Mamata Banerjee’s reaction

On West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's statement over the implementation of CAA, Union Minister Arjun Munda says, “People who see things only with the political lens might have a different opinion, I won't go into that. But the government wants to ensure that whatever is in the best interest of the country, should be done.”

CAA Live Updates: Centre should have notified CAA rules 6 months ago, says Bengal CM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the Centre should have notified rules six months ago. "If there are any good things, we always support and appreciate but if anything is done that is not good for the country, TMC will always raise its voice and oppose it. I know why today's date was chosen before Ramazan. I appeal to the people to be calm and avoid any rumors," she said.

CAA Live Updates: MHA will notify rules under Citizenship Amendment Act

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will on March 11 notify the rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA-2019). These rules, called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 will enable the persons eligible under CAA-2019 to apply for the grant of Indian citizenship. The applications will be submitted in a completely online mode for which a web portal has been provided, the MHA said.

CAA Live Updates: Online portal for registering citizens ready. Here’s how to apply

The regulations for the implementation of CAA have been prepared and an online portal is ready for the process, which will be conducted digitally.

Applicants will have to disclose their date of arrival in India without any travel documents, as per news agency ANI. No additional document will need to be produced by the applicants.

CAA Live Updates: What are the CAA rules notified by Centre

The CAA rules, introduced by the Centre, aims to confer Indian citizenship to non-muslim migrants - including Hindu, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, Christians - who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 2024.