[Marxistindia] Strongly Oppose CAA Rules

[news from the cpi(m)]

March 12, 2024

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Strongly Oppose CAA Rules

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly opposes the notification of the
rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act [CAA].  The CAA violates the
secular principle of citizenship enshrined in the Constitution by linking
citizenship to religious identity.

 

The rules notified under the Act operationalizes this discriminatory
approach towards Muslims coming from neighboring countries.  The
implementation of the Act is also linked to the  creation of a National
Register of Citizens raising apprehensions that citizens of Muslim origin
will be targetted.  

 

The rules have been so devised as to exclude the state governments from the
process of identifying and enrolling persons for citizenship in their state.
This has obviously been done to exclude those state governments which have
opposed the CAA itself.

 

The timing of the notification of the rules more than four years after the
adoption of the CAA and just days before the notification for the Lok Sabha
election makes it clear that the BJP wants to use the implementation of the
CAA for divisive and polarising purposes.

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) reiterates its opposition to the CAA and its
implementation and will continue with efforts to get this pernicious law
annulled.  

 

 

(Muralidharan)

For CPI(M) Central Committee office

 

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