“Nobody can stop the CAA”, Amit Shah Declares at Kolkata Rally

The final draft of the Citizenship Amendment Act, shortly known as CAA, might be ready by 30 March next year. On Wednesday, Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the Central government will implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and no one can stop it. Citizenship Amendment Act, 1955 gives eligibility for Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, and who entered India on or before 31 December 2014.

Amit Shah’s Bold Voice at Kolkata Rally: No One Can Stop CAA Implementation!

In a rally to kickstart the BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign in Kolkata, Home Minister Amit Shah reaffirmed the Central government’s determination to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Amit Shah launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the issues, Addressing the opposes that Mamata Banerjee had been supporting. According to Shah Banerjee has been opposing the CAA due to her support of infiltration. According to Shah, a state with so much infiltration cannot develop. He urged people to throw out her government by electing the BJP in the next assembly polls in 2026.

“In the state in which so much infiltration occurs, will development take place there? That’s why Mamata Banerjee is opposing CAA. But I would say that CAA is the law of the country, and no one can stop it. We will implement it.” Amit Shah was quoted.

What is this Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)?

The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. The amendment has been criticized as discriminating based on religion, particularly for excluding Muslims. The act was the first time that religion had been overtly used as a criterion for citizenship under Indian law, and it attracted global criticism.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra announced that the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will be formulated by the end of March 2024.  He told the Matua community in West Bengal, which consists of persons who have sought asylum from religious persecution in Bangladesh, that their citizenship rights would be respected. The Act states that these individuals must have resided in India for at least six years and entered the country before December 31, 2014.