Along with the Constitution of India, the Citizenship Act, 1955, is the exhaustive law relating to citizenship
in India. The conferment of a person, as a citizen of India, is
governed by Articles 5 to 11 (Part II) of the Constitution of India. ...
It is a punishable offence if the person fails to surrender the
passport.
The
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 provides for according Indian
citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis
from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after seven years of residence
in India instead of 12 years, which is the norm currently, even if they
do not possess any document.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 provides for according Indian citizenship
to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from
Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after seven years of residence in
India instead of 12 years, which is the norm currently, even if they do
not possess any document.
The
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 provides for according Indian
citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis
from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after seven years of residence
in India instead of 12 years, which is the norm currently, even if they
do not possess any document.
There
has been strong opposition to the bill in Assam and other
Northeastern states.
Student organisations, political parties and socio-cultural bodies have been protesting on the grounds that it seeks to grant nationality to non-Muslims who have come into India up to December 31, 2014, thereby increasing the deadline from 1971 as per the Assam Accord.
Also, according to the Assam Accord, all illegal immigrants who have come after 1971, irrespective of their religion, have to be deported and this bill violates that.
Two BJP chief ministers of the Northeast -- Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu and Manipur's N Biren Dingh -- have also voiced their opposition to the contentious Bill.
In February 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the bill is an "atonement of the wrong that was done during India's Partition. India will safeguard all who had been victims of the Partition".
Why is the Bill facing criticism?
Student organisations, political parties and socio-cultural bodies have been protesting on the grounds that it seeks to grant nationality to non-Muslims who have come into India up to December 31, 2014, thereby increasing the deadline from 1971 as per the Assam Accord.
Also, according to the Assam Accord, all illegal immigrants who have come after 1971, irrespective of their religion, have to be deported and this bill violates that.
Two BJP chief ministers of the Northeast -- Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu and Manipur's N Biren Dingh -- have also voiced their opposition to the contentious Bill.
In February 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the bill is an "atonement of the wrong that was done during India's Partition. India will safeguard all who had been victims of the Partition".
This proposed legislation has received considerable flak due to the perceived threat to minorities. While the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam did not distinguish illegal immigrants on the basis of religion, critics say the Bill is designed to exclude Muslims and favour Hindus.
According to detractors, the Bill also goes against Article 14 of the Constitution which guarantees the right to equality. The bill seeks to give citizenship on the basis of religion.
Article 14 of the
Indian constitution of India provides that the state shall not deny to
any person Equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws
in the Territory of India.
What happens if bill passed ?
If the Bill is passed, persons belonging to these communities would not
be jailed or deported under the Passport (Entry into India) Act of 1920
and the Foreigners Act of 1946. It sets December 31, 2014, as the
cut-off date after which any person moving to India from these neighboring countries will be considered for citizenship.
What is the BJP’s political gain or loss from the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 ?
What is the BJP’s political gain or loss from the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 ?
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