Deferred Belonging
In the border districts of West Bengal, citizenship is not an abstract legal status; it is a lived uncertainty.
In the border districts of West Bengal, citizenship is not an abstract legal status; it is a lived uncertainty.
The Central Government has issued the Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 2025, introducing key exemptions from requirements related to valid passports, travel documents, and visas for specific categories of individuals and carriers.
Assam government has granted Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act to two individuals out of the 39 applications so far.
The need to specify the date of entry to India in the application form, which they do not remember or have no proof in support of; filing an affidavit declaring citizenship at birth, etc., is worrying for them.
The TMC leader said that "we won't allow the BJP to run rollers on us with CAA."
'Cops have abdicated their duty and are colluding with mobs. The only way to secure lives and limbs is to hand over the area to the army,' he said.
In Seelampur and Jaffrabad areas, shops remain closed as the shopkeepers were hesitant to open their premises due to fears that arsonists may target them.
In view of the violence, the DMRC has also terminated its services at Jaffrabad, Maujpur-Babrpur, Gokulpuri, Johri Enclave, and Shiv Vihar metro stations.
Alleging that there was a great threat to the Constitution and the need to save it, he said countries were now asking questions over the CAA.
According to the UP Police, the clashes took place after some of the protesters allegedly threw stones at the police, after which the police resorted to the action.
