On Thursday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act would not be implemented by his administration (CAA).
He remarked, speaking at a gathering to celebrate the completion of his administration’s first anniversary festivities here, “On the Citizenship Amendment Act, the government has taken a firm stance (CAA). That will continue to be the case.”
According to the Chief Minister, “Our nation operates under the idea of secularism, which is enshrined in the Indian Constitution. Attempts are now being made to demolish secularism. This is causing a lot of fear among a specific set of individuals. A group of individuals determined citizenship based on religion in a recent event. The Kerala government has adopted a strong stance in the wake of this occurrence.”
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He said, “Several surveys are being undertaken in various regions of the nation to incite communal conflict. However, in this case, a survey has been done to identify the poorest households in our community. As part of this survey, more actions will be done.”
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan underlined that the state would not adopt the Citizenship (Amendment) Act while addressing the LDF government’s one-anniversary celebrations.
Mr. Vijayan stated, “The State administration has viewed that citizenship would not be decided solely on religion.”
Last month in Siliguri, West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the legislation would be applied after the COVID-19 epidemic was over.
“The minute the COVID-19 wave stops, we will apply the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on the ground,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated in Siliguri, West Bengal.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which was approved by India’s Parliament on December 11, but has yet to be enacted, proposes to award citizenship to members of the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian groups who have been persecuted in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
On January 10, 2020, the CAA went into effect after being informed on December 12, 2019. Its goal is to make citizenship more accessible to Afghan, Bangladeshi, Pakistani Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian migrants who arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014.
