MHA informs Parliament 'CAA rules are being framed'; deadline extended till July 2021

As Budget session of Parliament gets underway, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday, that rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act were being framed. Act which has come into force on January 10, 2020, is yet to be widely used as Centre is yet to frame rules for contentious law. Rai informed that Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have granted an extension of time up to April 9 and July 9, respectively to frame se rules. BJP has faced nationwide-backlash over law, especially in poll-bound Assam.

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CAA rules being framed: MHA

" Rules under Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 are under preparation. Committees on Subordinate Legislation, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have granted an extension of time up to April 9 and July 9, respectively to frame se rules under CAA," he said in a written reply. Recently, Home Minister Amit Shah h said rules of CAA are yet to be framed and law will be acted upon after COVID vaccination is completed.

Recently in January, All Assam Students Union (AASU) took out torchlight processions as a mark of protest against CAA ahe of PM Modi's visit to Guwahati. police barriced AASU hequarters ''Swahid Bhawan'' and did t allow protesters to move out with torchlights, but students'' body std ir protest behind barriers.  Several protesters shouted slogans against Modi, Shah and Sowal and demanded that CAA and EIA be repealed along with implementation of report of Clause Six Committee.

Assam witnessed massive protests against CAA-NRC-NPR after Centre passed Citizenship Amendment Act. Assamese people fear a massive inrush of migrants which will threaten ir indigeus culture - violating Assam accords. BJP is yet to convince state subjects of merits of CAA, after disastrous NRC drive which resulted in exclusion of 19 lakh citizens.

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What is CAA?

Citizenship (Amendment) Act amends previous Citizenship Act 1955 to make refugees who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Banglesh and Pakistan, eligible for citizenship.  Moreover, Bill exempts inner line permit areas in Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Presh and areas falling under Sixth Schedule in regions. It will be applicable to members of se communities having arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014. Supreme Court is yet to hear 150 pleas challenging Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), after it refused to stay its implementation.

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