Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a rally in West Bengal on Thursday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be implemented after the Coronavirus vaccination drive ends. Accusing the opposition parties of misleading the public about the CAA act, Shah said that the implementation of the law will not have any impact on the citizenship status of Indian minorities.
BJP always fulfils the promises it makes, said the home minister. “Mamata didi said we made a false promise. She started opposing the CAA and saying she will never allow it. The BJP always fulfils the promises it makes. We have brought this law and refugees will get citizenship,” he added.
Mamata Banerjee will be West Bengal’s chief minister after the assembly polls, thus she won’t be able to oppose the law, he said.
After the country was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020; CAA implementation had to be kept in abeyance, added Shah. The law will give citizenship to the refugees in India, Shah informed.
Amit Shah said, “The process of granting Indian citizenship to refugees under the CAA, including to the Matua community of West Bengal, will begin once the process of COVID vaccination has ended.”
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Addressing a rally of the Matua community, Shah said, "As soon as the COVID vaccination process ends, the process of granting citizenship under CAA will begin.”
Matuas are weaker sections of Hindus, originally from East Pakistan. They migrated to India during the partition and after the creation of Bangladesh. Many people belonging to the community have been granted Indian Citizenship, but a sizable section of the population has not.