The CAA, seeking to give Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighbouring nations including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh was passed by the Parliament in 2019.
Bollywood actor and BJP’s national executive member Mithun Chakraborty today challenged the Trinamul Congress regarding the amended Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), by stating, "If anyone challenges citizenship for CAA, I will take care of them.”
Out of sheer desperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is talking lies and has taken recourse to divisive politics, Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said today.
The Serampore CPM candidate Dipsita Dhar, Hooghly CPM candidate Monodeep Ghosh and Arambagh CPM candidate Biplab Moitra also filed their nomination papers.
There are more than 67,000 Chakma and Hajong tribals residing in Arunachal Pradesh who are not eligible for permanent resident certificates or citizenship in the state.
As many as 1551 people from Kendrapara district were officially tagged as Bangladeshis and were served quit India notice in 2005.
The CAA was passed in December 2019 and subsequently got the President's assent but there were protests in several parts of the country against it.
Imam of Eidgah Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali said: "I have also just come to know that the Home Ministry has issued its notification. No one needs to be worried about this. We should have faith in the laws of our country."
Akhil Gogoi, a prominent peasant leader and key figure in the CAA protests in Assam, has likened the Act to a historical assault on the Assamese community, akin to Mughal invasions.
Bhupen Borah, the state Congress chief and president of the United Opposition Forum of Assam (UOFA), representing 16 opposition parties, has dispatched a letter requesting a meeting with PM Modi.
