After the Implementation of CAA by the Central Government, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Made a Big Statement and Said That He will Resign from his Post.
Exactly four years after introducing the law, the Central Government on Monday evening issued a notification for CAA i.e. Citizenship Amendment Act. After which there was an uproar across the country and the whole country got divided into two parties, one party thought this law is right and the other party is against it.
Protests regarding CAA were also intensifying in Assam, after which Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has given a big statement in this regard. He said that if anyone who did not apply for NRC got citizenship, I would be the first person to resign from my post. Let us tell you that CAA was implemented just a few weeks before the Lok Sabha elections.
What is NRC ?
NRC i.e. National Register of Citizens is a register of all Indian citizens which was created in 2003-2004 under the Citizenship Amendment Act 1955. This register includes the names of those people who have been living in Assam since before 1971 and if anyone’s name is not included in this register then those people will be sent back to where they are from.
CM Himanta’s statement after the protests also means that people whose names will not be in the NRC or who have not applied will not be given citizenship in Assam and will be sent back to where they came from in Assam.
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CAA came into effect on March 11
Four years after the law was introduced, the central government on Monday evening issued a notification for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was implemented just weeks before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Although the CAA was already approved by Parliament in December 2019 amid opposition from opposition politicians, the central government implemented it after 4 years.
CM Himanta’s comments come after protests across Assam, in which opposition parties strongly criticized the BJP government at the Center for implementing the CAA. ‘I am a son of Assam and if even a single person who did not apply for NRC gets citizenship, I will be the first to resign from my post,’ the Chief Minister said during an event in Sivasagar.
Lakhs of people will enter the state
Anti-CAA protesters in Assam claim that after the implementation of CAA, the doors have opened for lakhs of people to enter the state. On this, the CM said that if this happens then I will be the first person to protest. The Chief Minister said there is nothing new about the CAA as it was implemented earlier, adding, ‘Now is the time to apply on the portal.’
CM Himanta said, ‘The data on the portal will now speak and it will become clear whether the claims of those opposing the Act are factually correct or not.’ With the release of the CAA rules, the central government will now start providing Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014. Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians are included in it.
The new citizenship law has come into effect in the country. But the opposition is continuously making statements against it across the country. Concerning which Home Minister Amit Shah gave an interview. In this interview, he also answered many questions related to CAA. On the other hand, Asaduddin Owaisi called this law anti-Muslim.
Through the Citizenship Amendment Act, refugees belonging to persecuted Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Christian, and Parsi religions from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan will be given Indian citizenship. According to the law, only those who came and settled in India before December 31, 2014, will be given citizenship.