The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which expedites citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who arrived in India before December 31, 2014, was put into effect by the Centre on Monday. Four years after the controversial law was passed by Parliament, the Centre announced the regulations.
Following the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, the Modi government announced that persecuted non-Muslim migrants from the three countries—Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians—would henceforth be granted Indian nationality. A Gazette notification states that the rules are effective immediately.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has fulfilled yet another pledge and realised the promise made by the Constitution’s framers.
