Opposing the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here in the state of Tripura, a delegation of the state Pradesh Adivasi Congress on Tuesday met the Chief Secretary and sought his intervention over halting the implementation of CAA in the state.
The delegation consisting of the former state Congress president Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, former minister Manindra Reang, Ashok Debbarma and Kirant Tripura submitted a memorandum with the Chief Secretary.
The memorandum states, “Before passing of CAA, 2019, 1971 was the cut off year of residence in India for obtaining Indian Citizenship by any foreigner through accepted procedure and for that, any foreigner entering to Tripura from Bangladesh after 1971 cannot be provided Indian Citizenship and as such, there is a sense of guarantee in the mind of the indigenous people of Tripura that whatever happened is happened, but now there is no possibility of further infiltration and reducing to more minority in the state.”
“But the Citizenship Amendment Act, (CAA) 2019 has further extended the cut off year to 31" December 2014 which means that if any foreigner from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan enters to Tripura or any part in India by 31.12.2014, he can be given Indian Citizenship If he is persecuted in those countries due to being religious minority. This Act will open a new float gate and there is a possibility of more number of foreign people entering Tripura, which is likely to affect the demographic condition of Tripura,” the memorandum reads.
It further stated, “It is fact that under Section 6 B of the CAA, 2019, this Act will not apply to the areas under 6th Schedule to the Constitution, but it will matter a very little, because the foreigner will enter to the non-ADC areas first and once they obtain the Citizenship Card, they are free to move anywhere in Tripura including TTAADC. If more foreigners take shelter in Tripura, it will add additional hardship to the people of Tripura in terms of economy and other issues.”
Highlighting the facts, Tripura Pradesh Adivasi Congress urged the chief secretary to take necessary steps and ensure that CAA is not implemented in the state.
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