Citizenship Amendment Act / Hindu organization in America expressed happiness over implementation of CAA, said 'wait is over'

Citizenship Amendment Act: Citizenship Amendment Act has come into force in India. The notification of this law was released on Monday. With this, the path to citizenship has been cleared for non-Muslim people coming to India from outside. Hindu organizations across the world are celebrating the implementation of this law. Even in America, Hindu organizations have expressed happiness over the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In this regard, the organization's executive director Suhag Shukla said that CAA was awaited in India for a long time. There was also a need to implement it. Now this wait is over. Refugees will get protection from this law.

Earlier on Monday, the notification of CAA law was issued. With this, the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act i.e. CAA have come into force before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in India. On this, Hindu American groups said that CAA was long awaited and it mirrors the Lautenberg Amendment made for refugees in America.

'Big victory for the oppressed minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan'

American Hindu organization i.e. HAF issued a statement saying that sometimes wrong information is given regarding CAA. The CAA does not alter the rights of any Indian citizen nor does it establish checks for general immigration. It also does not stop Muslims from coming to India. Pushpita Prasad of the Coalition of Hindus of North America said this is a major victory for the human rights of persecuted religious minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. He said that CAA will not have any impact on the people living in India.

Know what is CAA?

With the release of CAA notification, non-Muslim refugees who came to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh before 2014 will start getting citizenship. Under the new laws of CAA, the Modi government will now start granting Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants - Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians - who came from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014.

Who will get citizenship under the rules?

Under the new CAA laws, the Modi government will start granting Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants - Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians - who came from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014. It is noteworthy that CAA was passed in December 2019 and it got the approval of the President and today its notification has been issued and it has been implemented across the country.

Home Ministry prepared the portal

The Home Ministry has prepared a portal for the convenience of the applicants and the entire process will be online. Applicants will have to declare the year in which they came to India without travel documents, an official said. No documents will be asked from the applicants. According to the law, undocumented minorities from the three neighboring countries will get benefits under CAA.