“This Parliament also enacted a law to grant citizenship to persecuted minorities from our neighbouring countries,” she said in her address.
On Jan 28, junior minister for ports and shipping Shantanu Thakur had said in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district that CAA would be implemented in the next seven days, reinforcing the possibility of early rollout of the law.Modi government enacted in 2020 in the face of widespread protests.
President Droupadi Murmu addresses joint session of both Houses, says ‘New Parl building has fragrance of Ek Bharat, Shreshth Bharat’
According to sources, CAA rules – which are yet to notified, holding up implementation of the Act that provides for grant of Indian citizenship to Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Afghan nationals belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Christian Buddhist and Parsi communities who had migrated to India before Dec 31, 2014 – are ready and may be notified soon. A fully online system for application, processing and grant of citizenship under CAA is on the anvil, enabling eligible migrants to submit their request through a dedicated MHA portal, from where ever they are and track its progress.
Murmu also referred to positive developments on the internal security front, including the prevailing sense of security in Jammu and Kashmir that has relegated doubts regarding the removal of Article 370 from the erstwhile state to history.
