NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday that those who came after 2015 would be deported as per the Citizenship Amendment Act rules.
“Only two people have applied so far. Anybody (according to CAA) who has come to India before 2015, they have the first right to apply for citizenship,” he said.
“If they don’t apply we will lodge a case for them.So this is a statuary instruction. We will deport those who have come after 2015,” he added.
This comes after Sarma had said in March that CAA would be “completely insignificant” as there would be least applications in the state.
“Only two persons have applied so far who came before 2015. Out of five applications, three were not present in the hearing and only two have applied for CAA,” he said.
The chief minister’s remarks follow the central government’s notification of rules for the CAA, aimed at granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants who entered India on or before December 31 from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and 30 indigenous organizations had staged protests against CAA by burning copies of the law in several locations across the state, including Guwahati, Barpeta, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Dibrugarh, and Tezpur.
“Only two people have applied so far. Anybody (according to CAA) who has come to India before 2015, they have the first right to apply for citizenship,” he said.
“If they don’t apply we will lodge a case for them.So this is a statuary instruction. We will deport those who have come after 2015,” he added.
This comes after Sarma had said in March that CAA would be “completely insignificant” as there would be least applications in the state.
“Only two persons have applied so far who came before 2015. Out of five applications, three were not present in the hearing and only two have applied for CAA,” he said.
The chief minister’s remarks follow the central government’s notification of rules for the CAA, aimed at granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants who entered India on or before December 31 from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and 30 indigenous organizations had staged protests against CAA by burning copies of the law in several locations across the state, including Guwahati, Barpeta, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Dibrugarh, and Tezpur.
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