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The chief ministers of Kerala and West Bengal have said that they won’t allow the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in their respective states even as the Centre issued notification for the 2019 Act on Monday.
In a statement, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, “The action of the central government, which notified the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act ahead of the elections, is to disturb the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a notification regarding the amendment of the Citizenship Act just before the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections.”
“This is to divide the people, stir up communal feelings and undermine the basic principles of the constitution. This move to divide Indian citizens with equal rights should be unitedly opposed,” he added.
According to the CPI(M) leader, the CAA is a blatant violation of the Constitution to deny citizenship to Muslims.
Later, a statement issued by the CPI(M) State secretariat read, “The state government has already announced that it will not be implemented in Kerala. For any reason, this law will not be implemented in Kerala.”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “This is BJP’s work. As soon as elections are near, they start spreading information through news channels and then bring it to people.”
“Do not be afraid. We will not allow CAA here. This is Bengal,” she said.
The Centre on Monday implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), five years after it was passed in Parliament.
The CAA, enacted by Parliament on December 11, 2019, has been a subject of intense debate and widespread protests across India.
The CAA amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 to provide a fast-track pathway to Indian citizenship for migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who belong to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Buddhist, and Christian communities and who entered India on or before December 31, 2014, due to facing religious persecution in their home countries.