Guwahati: With the Centre Tuesday approving Indian citizenship for a 50-year-old resident of Silchar in Assam’s Cachar district under the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024, a war of words has ensued between CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and the the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU). As news of the Sylhet-born Bangladeshi being granted Indian citizenship by the … Read more
It has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking the annulment of the Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024, while asserting that the Centre’s notification of the Rules on 11 March contradicts the Assam Accord and Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The AASU believes that the CAA contradicts the purpose of the National Register … Read more
Section 6A marks March 25, 1971, as the cut-off date for granting citizenship to Bangladeshi migrants in Assam. (File) Citizenship Act’s Section 6A: The constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating to illegal immigrants in Assam will be taken up for hearing by the Supreme Court (SC) on December 5. Section 6A … Read more