A year ago, the BJP focussed its politics on the CAA. So why hasn’t it been implemented yet?
Even before it was passed, experts had pointed out that the new citizenship law was rife with contradictions. Could that explain the delay in implementing it? Dec 11, 2020 · 09:00 am A woman in Siliguri expresses her support for the Citizenship Amendment Act at a rally in December 2019. | Diptendu Dutta/ AFP
On December 11, 2019, Parliament passed amendments to the Citizenship Act that sparked an unprecedented nationwide protest movement against the legislation and other government policies that discriminate against Muslims and violate Constitutional norms. One year later, after riots in Delhi and the Covid-19 pandemic put a halt to public sit-ins, Scroll.in