The C(A)A (Citizenship Amendment Act) cannot be accepted the way it has been passed in the Parliament by a simple majority of votes, violating the clauses14 and 15 of the Constitution of India. This has been echoed by the people of the states of India.
If the violence taking place in the country after the CAB becoming an Act has anything to go by, the Act may polarize the country for and against it. The peaceful atmosphere in India till December 11, 2019 has been spoiled by this Act.
The Northeast has 22 MPs, and around 90 per cent people from the region oppose the Act that directly violates the Assam Accord of 1985, defying its cut-off date – March 25, 1971 – for detection and deportation of foreigners. Besides the people in Congress-ruled States, people in the southern states, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Delhi have been opposing the Act. The Government at the Centre has no right to destroy the culture, tradition and the identity of the indigenous Assamese forcing them to carry the burden of lakhs of foreign nationals violating Article 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India.
However, we still have faith in the Supreme Court of India. The people of Assam have already filed several writ petitions against the Act in the apex court in addition to several other writ petitions submitted by the other states of India. The people of Assam will continue to protest peacefully till justice is done to them by scrapping the Act.
Krishna Kanta Das,
Sarusajai, Guwahati