What will be the impact of CAA?

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019, when viewed in combination with the Modi government’s intention to compile a National Register of Citizens (NRC) for India, will create a situation where being a Muslim and document-less could deprive one of citizenship rights.

What are the benefits of CAA India?

The CAA facilitates the claiming of citizenship by illegal non-Muslim immigrants or other persons who are unable to provide proof of residence. In India, all citizens, including the 175 million Muslims (14 percent of India’s total population), enjoy the same rights.

Is CAA a necessity?

If the CAA goes away, Muslims from Bangladesh (and elsewhere) who are illegal migrants would be liable to be deported as would illegal migrants who are Sikh, Buddhist or Christian. Those who seek to enter a country without its permission are illegal migrants and are liable to be deported.

Is CAA against right to equality?

The CAA is against the idea of secularism because it does not provide equal rights to the people of all religions. The does not treat people of all the religions equally and it differentiates migrants on the basis of religion and creates religion as a ground for citizenship.

Can CAA take away citizenship?

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Citizenship Amendment (CAA) is a law to grant citizenship and not to take it away. Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Citizenship Amendment (CAA) is a law to grant citizenship and not to take it away.

Will CAA affect Indian Muslims?

Although we’re law-abiding citizens, having lived peacefully in India all our lives, we might be thrown out of the country.” Last December, India passed the CAA, which provides a route to citizenship to members of six religious minority communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan—but not for Muslims.