Curated By: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Final Up to date: March 12, 2024, 12:09 IST
Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
The CoHNA, a US-based advocacy group, thanked the federal government for implementing the CAA. (Picture: PTI File)
The group stated it additionally ran an advocacy marketing campaign in 2020 to coach American and Canadian residents in regards to the CAA.
The Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA), a US-based advocacy group, on Monday (native time), stated the choice to implement the Citizenship Modification Act (CAA) in India is a ‘large win’ for persecuted non secular minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan following the formal notification of the federal government.
A giant win for #HumanRights for the persecuted non secular #minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. India lastly notifies the Citizenship Modification Act (CAA) which was handed by the Indian Parliament in 2019!A reminder – #CAA has NO affect on present Indian residents… pic.twitter.com/QecebYMGH3
— CoHNA (Coalition of Hindus of North America) (@CoHNAOfficial) March 11, 2024
“A giant win for HumanRights for the persecuted non secular minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. India lastly notified the Citizenship Modification Act (CAA) which was handed by the Indian Parliament in 2019,” the US-based advocacy group stated.
“A reminder – CAA has NO affect on present Indian residents of any religion. It merely fast-tracks the Indian citizenship course of for about 31,000 non secular minorities who fled Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan within the face of maximum and systemic persecution,” the CoHNA stated.
The CoHNA additionally identified that the laws won’t have an effect on present Indian residents of any religion and would fast-track the Indian citizenship course of for non secular minorities who fled Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
It additionally stated that it organised an schooling and advocacy marketing campaign on the CAA in 2020 in a bid to counter what it termed ‘pretend propaganda’ being circulated on the problem. Eight cities within the US handed resolutions in opposition to it.
The group additionally urged US and Canadian residents to coach themselves concerning the foundations of the CAA. “To stop the unfold of misinformation, we urge residents of the US and Canada to coach themselves and others round them. Our CAA web page affords complete sources,” it reiterated.
The Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA) notified the foundations below the Citizenship (Modification) Act, 2019 (CAA-2019) on Monday.
The Citizenship (Modification) Guidelines, 2024, will enable individuals eligible below the CAA-2019 to use for Indian citizenship.
These guidelines have been launched by the Narendra Modi authorities and goal to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants who got here from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan earlier than December 31, 2014.
The purposes for citizenship can be submitted on-line by means of a devoted net portal supplied by the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA).
In keeping with the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs report for 2021-22, from April 1 to December 31, 2021, 1,414 people from non-Muslim minority communities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan have been granted Indian citizenship by means of registration or naturalisation below the Citizenship Act, 1955.
The Citizenship Act of 1955 permits non-Muslim minorities from these nations to acquire Indian citizenship by means of registration or naturalisation in 9 states: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Maharashtra.
, a US-based advocacy group, on Monday (local time), said the decision to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India is a ‘big win’ for persecuted religious minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan following the formal notification of the government.){kind=link}