CAA Rules “Under Preparation”, to be Finalized by July 2021

New Delhi: Replying to Congress Lok Sabha MP V K Sreekandan in the parliament, the Home Ministry said that the Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA, had been in force since January 10, 2020, but rules were “under preparation”.

Home ministry said, “The Committees on Subordinate Legislation, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have granted extension of time up to April 9 and July 9, respectively, to frame these rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019,”

In December last year Home Minister Amit Shah had said the process of framing rules had been delayed because of the pandemic, and that it would be taken up once the vaccination drive began.

The CAA triggered protests in several states, including Assam and Bengal, both of which are due to hold Assembly elections in the coming weeks and months.

Delhi was the epicenter of those protests against CAA. Delhi witnesses a violent riot in March 2020, in which over 50 people were killed, and hundreds injured. It also saw a huge sit-in protest at Shaheen Bagh, which was only broken up in March last year because of the pandemic.

Last month Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said “no CAA will be allowed” in her state. In January last year Bengal became the fourth opposition-ruled state to pass an anti-CAA resolution.

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