India implements ‘anti-Muslim’ 2019 citizenship law weeks before election

The Indian government has notified the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules, days ahead of the announcement of the dates for the general election, due by May.

The controversial law passed in 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government allowed Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from India’s neighbouring countries.

The law was declared “anti-Muslim” by several rights groups for keeping the community out of its ambit, raising questions over the secular character of the world’s largest democracy.

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