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Do Indians support NRC?
Over the last month, at least 250 million Indian citizens have said they do not support the CAA or the NRC and its adjunct the NPR in astoundingly original and creative forms of protest – boat marches, kite flying, continuous sit-ins, resistance kolam, etc.
Is CAA good or bad for India?
CAA violates Constitutional secular principles and is a violation of Articles 13, 14, 15, 16 and 21 which guarantee the right to equality, equality before the law and non-discriminatory treatment by the Indian State. CAA is about illegal migrants.
What is the need of CAA in India?
CAA’s avowed objective is to enable conferment of Indian citizenship upon members of minority communities who hail from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
How many Afghan Muslims live in India?
In 2021, following the end of the latest war in Afghanistan, India offered an emergency visa (the ‘e-Emergency X-Misc Visa’) to some Afghan nationals. Much of Afghanistan’s Christian community thrives within India.
Can refugees get citizenship in India?
The Centre has issued a notification inviting applications from the immigrants belonging to minority communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship. …
Which states have refused to implement CAA-NRC?
In fact, many states have refused to implement CAA-NRC. As of 4 th January, 2020, according to an article by The Quint, twelve states have refused to implement CAA-NRC. West Bengal was the first state to openly condemn the exclusionary legislation, and to resist its implementation, followed by Kerala and Punjab.
What is the NRC and why is it important?
And so the NRC is aimed at rounding up and permanently jailing Indian Muslims who cannot produce the documents to satisfy a government which punishes those individuals who do not declare maximum number of Muslims foreigners.
What is the National Register of Citizens (NRC)?
‘The NRC is aimed at rounding up and permanently jailing Indian Muslims who cannot produce the documents to satisfy a government which punishes those individuals who do not declare maximum number of Muslims foreigners.’
Why is Delhi protesting against the CAA?
Delhi has seen more protests than any other state. However, most of them are met with police brutality and state-sponsored violence. Delhi has opposed the CAA since the beginning. Even at present, the women at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh are participating in the sit-in protest which has been going on for over two weeks.