Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that through the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Modi government opened the way to give citizenship to Sikh sisters and brothers who were tortured in neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It must be noted that the CAA, which was passed in 2019, is yet to be implemented as the rules that govern the law have not been notified by the Union Home Ministry. As such, the legislation that fast tracks citizenship to six non-Muslim undocumented communities from Pakistan, Aghanistan and Bangladesh has been ineffective since its passage in the Parliament four years ago.
Also read: Understanding the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019
