Bengal to clear all pending CAA applications within six months, says Suvendu Adhikari
West Bengal leader Suvendu Adhikari announced that the state aims to process all pending Citizenship (Amendment) Act applications within six months. He emphasized that the law is intended to grant citizenship rather than revoke it, while noting that over 23,000 certificates have already been issued.
Why it matters
The implementation of the CAA is a highly sensitive political issue in India, particularly in border states like West Bengal.
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced that all pending applications for citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in the state would be disposed of within the next six months, asserting that the law was enacted to grant citizenship and not to take it away.Speaking at a CAA citizenship certificate distribution programme in New Town, where around 300 members of the Matua community from North 24 Parganas district received citizenship certificates, Adhikari alleged that the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) government had spread misinformation about the law for "political gains"."The CAA is meant to grant citizenship, not to take away anyone's citizenship," Adhikari said, as quoted by news agency PTI.He urged all eligible applicants to come forward and apply under the Act, saying more citizenship certificates would be issued in the coming months.Nearly 24,000 citizenship certificates issued so farPresenting the state's progress in implementing the CAA,…
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