New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind gave his approval to the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 on December 12, after which it has become law. Protests are taking place across the country to protest against this law. Apart from the northeastern states, violent demonstrations were witnessed in many cities including Delhi. There are many misconceptions about this law. We have tried to answer the questions related to this by studying this law.
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According to the Citizenship Amendment Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have arrived in India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan as of 31 December 2014 and have suffered religious persecution in their country are not considered illegal immigrants. Will be granted citizenship of India. By law, refugees from these six communities will be granted citizenship of India after staying in India for five years. So far this deadline was 11 years old. By law, such refugees will also be excused from lawsuits if they are found to be non-law migrants. Opposition parties say that this law favors Muslims, as they have not been included in it. The government has clarified that Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh are Islamic republics where Muslims are the majority. Therefore, there is no question of religious persecution of Muslims in those countries.
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The Modi government argues that in 1947 India-Pakistan was divided on the basis of religion. Followers of various religions stayed in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Both these countries declared their nation's religion as Islam. Due to this Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Zoroastrian and Christian community suffered religious persecution. Many of these people came to India to seek refuge. They do not even have documents. If India does not give shelter to these minorities who are victims of religious persecution, then where will they go.