Wrong messaging: On the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019

Syllabus: GS-II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Bill/Act/Rules, Issue: Citizenship (Amendment) Act(CAA), 2019.

Key points:

  • The CAA, fast-tracks citizenship for minority communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.

Criticism:

  • CAA’s discriminatory as it favors specific religious communities.
  • The CAA’s association with the National Register of Citizens: heightened fears among Muslims about potential loss of citizenship without proper documentation.
  • the CAA’s use for political messaging by the government exacerbates concerns about religious bias in government policies.

Related Concepts:

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the register containing names of Indian CITIZENS.

It is prepared by recording particulars of all the persons enumerated during Census.

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