CAA Highlights: Protests erupt in Jamia Millia Islamia, security tightened in Delhi

CAA LIVE updates: The Empowered Committee that will decided on applications seeking Indian citizenship under the CAA will be headed by the Director (Census Operations) and will have seven other members, a government notification on Monday said.

The members will be drawn from the Intelligence Bureau, Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRPO), Post Office and State Informatics Officers.

CAA LIVE updates: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday stepped up security in Noida, adjoining Delhi, after the Centre announced implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, officials said.

Personnel from the police and the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) have been deployed at locations such as markets, shopping malls, temples and mosques in Noida and Greater Noida of Gautam Buddh Nagar district while senior officers started on-ground inspections, they said.

According to the CAA rules notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the applicant will be eligible for Indian citizenship only after spending at least 12 months in the country preceding the date of the application.

Four years after it was passed in the Parliament, here is a timeline of events on how Centre eventually implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act. Read here.

CAA LIVE Updates: After Centre's notification on CAA, protests erupted on the campus of Jamia Millia Islamia while authorities have tightened the security across the national capital.

CAA LIVE Updates: Sources cited by PTI have said that CAA wont take away anyone's citizenship in India, irrespective of their religion.

CAA LIVE Updates: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wrote on X, "After ruling the country for 10 years, the Modi government has brought CAA ahead of the (Lok Sabha) elections. At a time when the poor and middle class are groaning due to inflation and unemployed youth are struggling from door to door for employment, instead of solving those real issues, these people have brought CAA."

CAA LIVE Updates: As opposed to earlier news reports, PM Modi will not be addressing the nation tonight. Instead, he made the announcement regarding the Agni V missile on X.

CAA LIVE Updates: After the implementation of the act, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said the move to notify CAA rules is politically motivated, keeping in mind the Lok Sabha elections.

CAA LIVE Updates: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday said the notification of rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is a "logical conclusion" and example of "good governance in India".

CAA LIVE Updates: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav slammed BJP for its “game of distraction” for releasing the CAA notification, saying that the Modi government should also explain why lakhs of citizens gave up their citizenship of the country during their 10-year rule.

CAA LIVE Updates: Home Minister Amit Shah released the official notification for CAA implementation and rules.
Check here for the full notification

CAA LIVE updates: On the CAA notification, North East DCP Joy Tirkey said, "We have made arrangements in the North East district. Our experience in 2020 was unpleasant which resulted in heavy loss. The rules will be notified today and we were alerted by the Police Headquarters. We had a meeting of the Aman Committee where we briefed people of both communities. We have tagged the potential troublemakers and some known criminals. We are in touch with our beat constables and keeping an eye on social media too. We are doing a flag march for two days and will have an extensive flag march from tomorrow. Special care will be taken in sensitive areas through drones..."

CAA LIVE Updates: Opposition parties in Assam on Monday flayed the BJP government at the Centre for implementing the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan while the BJP has welcomed it.

The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) which launched a six-year agitation demanding identification and deportation of illegal immigrants in 1979, said it will fight legally against the Centre's move. (PTI)

CAA LIVE Updates: Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted, “Aap chronology samajhiye, pehle election season aayega phir CAA rules aayenge. Our objections to CAA remain the same. CAA is divisive & based on Godse’s thought that wanted to reduce Muslims to second-class citizens. Give asylum to anyone who is persecuted but citizenship must not be based on religion or nationality. The govt should explain why it kept these rules pending for five years & why it’s implementing it now. Along with NPR-NRC, CAA is meant to only target Muslims, it serves no other purpose. Indians who came out on the streets to oppose CAA NPR NRC will have no choice but to oppose it again.”

CAA LIVE updates: UP CM Yogi Adityanath posted on X, "The decision to enact the Citizenship (Amendment) Act for the welfare of suffering humanity is historic.

This has paved the way for a respectable life for the minority communities suffering from religious brutality in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan."

After the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, Kerala CM Vijayan described CAA as a communally divisive law and asserted that it will not be implemented in the state.

CAA LIVE updates: It is likely that the notification on the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act will be issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs after 8 pm tonight.

MHA said in an official statement, “Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be notifying today, the Rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA-2019). These rules, called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 will enable the persons eligible under CAA-2019 to apply for grant of Indian citizenship. The applications will be submitted in a completely online mode for which a web portal has been provided.”

Demonstrations against the implementations of CAA rules have commenced in multiple cities, including national capital Delhi and Kolkata, reported Reuters.

Jairam Ramesh said in his post on X, “After seeking nine extensions for the notification of the rules, the timing right before the elections is evidently designed to polarise the elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam. It also appears to be an attempt to manage the headlines after the Supreme Court’s severe strictures on the Electoral Bonds Scandal.”

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “It has taken four years and three months for the Modi Government to notify the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act that was passed by the Parliament in December 2019. The Prime Minister claims that his Government works in a business-like and time-bound manner. The time taken to notify the rules for the CAA is yet another demonstration of the Prime Minister’s blatant lies.”

After announcing the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Centre has notified the rules of the same. It is expected that the full rule list will be out soon.

The Modi Government announces implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act. It was an integral part of BJP’s 2019 manifesto. This will pave way for the persecuted to find citizenship in India.

On Centre likely to notify CAA rules today, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, "Let me see the rules first. The notification has not been issued yet. If people are deprived of their rights under the rules, then we will fight against it. This is BJP's publicity for elections, it is nothing else."