{"id":9859,"date":"2024-01-29T07:55:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T07:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=9859"},"modified":"2024-01-29T07:55:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T07:55:15","slug":"caa-implementation-within-a-week-union-minister-shantanu-thakur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/caa-implementation-within-a-week-union-minister-shantanu-thakur\/","title":{"rendered":"CAA Implementation Within A Week: Union Minister Shantanu Thakur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kolkata, Jan 29: On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Monday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Shantanu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thakur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>using\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Citizenship\u00a0<\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>(CAA)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>less\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>week.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>TV\u00a0<\/span>channel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interview,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thakur,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bongaon,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bulk\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>live\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Matua\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>West\u00a0<\/span>Bengal’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>North\u00a0<\/span><\/span>24\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parganas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>controversial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>swiftly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>implemented\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>week.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>goal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP-led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CAA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>citizenship\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>non-Muslim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>migrants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bangladesh,\u00a0<\/span>Pakistan<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Afghanistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>persecuted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>came\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>31,\u00a0<\/span>2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>These\u00a0<\/span>migrants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>include\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hindus,\u00a0<\/span>Sikhs,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jains,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Buddhists,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parsis,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Christians.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CAA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>put\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>effect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shortly.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>going\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>put\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>effect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven\u00a0<\/span>days.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span>promise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thakur,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>prominent\u00a0<\/span>figure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Matua\u00a0<\/span><\/span>community.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Similar\u00a0<\/span>remarks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sunday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thakur,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ports,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shipping,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>waterways.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asserting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>implement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CAA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>year’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elections.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>During\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>1950s,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Matuas,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>make\u00a0<\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Caste\u00a0<\/span>population\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>moving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>West\u00a0<\/span>Bengal.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Their\u00a0<\/span>migration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mostly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prompted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>religious\u00a0<\/span>persecution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span>East\u00a0<\/span>Pakistan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eventually\u00a0<\/span>transformed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bangladesh.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>1990s,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span>parties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>West\u00a0<\/span>Bengal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>concerted\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>win\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Matuas,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>viewed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>useful\u00a0<\/span><\/span>voting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bloc\u00a0<\/span><\/span>similar\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minorities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>large\u00a0<\/span>population\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inclination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>vote\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unison.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>thought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Matua\u00a0<\/span><\/span>community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>gain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CAA’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adoption.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rumours\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>month\u00a0<\/span><\/span>indicating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rules\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legislation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“much\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span>elections,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thakur’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>implementation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CAA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noteworthy.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>state’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Trinamool\u00a0<\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(TMC),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fiercely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CAA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>calls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“divisive,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reacted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sharply\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>comments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Mamata\u00a0<\/span>Banerjee,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>West\u00a0<\/span>Bengal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supremo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unequivocally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CAA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>implemented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span>elections,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span>leaders\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>trying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gimmicks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>making\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span><\/span>untrue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promises,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>TMC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spokesperson\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kunal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ghosh.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Amit\u00a0<\/span>Shah,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minister,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reaffirmed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>month\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CAA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>undoubtedly\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>implemented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>national\u00a0<\/span>legislation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>accused\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banerjee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>misleading\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CAA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gathering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kolkata.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>TMC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continuously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CAA<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claiming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“exploiting”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>citizenship\u00a0<\/span><\/span>debate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>political\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advantage,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banerjee.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>West\u00a0<\/span>Bengal’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>past\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assembly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>races\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elections,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>used\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contentious\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CAA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>campaign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>platform.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Leaders\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crucial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ascent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>manual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>parliamentary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>processes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>states\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislation’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rules\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>drafted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>within\u00a0<\/span><\/span>six\u00a0<\/span>months\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>president’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assent,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>else\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sabha’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>committees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subordinate\u00a0<\/span>legislation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>request\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>extension.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requesting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regular\u00a0<\/span><\/span>extensions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislative\u00a0<\/span>committees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>purpose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>drafting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regulations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2020.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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