Thread by @PragyaTiwari

There's so much going on there's a risk of losing sight of what we're fighting for.

So here's a quick recap for whosoever it may concern.

CAA is arbitrary, facially discriminatory and, despite attempts at legal jugglery, arguably, anti- constitutional.

BUT

In conjunction with the NRC it is diabolical.

That is what we are protesting.

Why the two together?

I'll let Amit Shah explain.

"Chronology samajh lijiye"

The logic is simple.

Can you prove you are an Indian. Yes? Good.

No? Are you a Muslim? Yes? Face uncertain future.

No? We will give you citizenship under CAA.

On the face of it this is an anti-Muslim legislation.

But in fact, it is worse than that.

Ask yourselves who is least likely to be able to furnish documents to prove citizenship.

The poorest of poor, which includes large numbers of Muslims.

But also,

Women
Trans people who have transitioned
Nomadic tribals
Other tribals
Dalits
Landless farmers/ labourers.

So what, you might ask?

If they are non-Muslims they should be fine.

Not quite.

They'll still have to show they were religiously persecuted in home country and have been in India 6 yrs.

Let's say, eventually Shah gets rid of these requirements.

Then they should be ok?

Again, not quite.

Best case scenario - They get citizenship starting in 2020. A large number of them will face prejudice, socially and professionally, because of being branded as being from Pak/Af/Bangladesh

There's also the psychological impact.

Imagine being told - Here - you're now a citizen of India as a persecuted minority from another country. Even if generations of your family come from say Vizag or Ramgarh or Bhopal.

I mean I know ghotis who would rather go to camp than be branded Bangals (no offence, Bangals).

Then thr's the absurdity of it all

Given the very serious difficulty of coming up with documents, 2 possible scenarios emerge.

1) Majority of this country is declared ghuspaithi and then many of them citizens via asylum (latter might surpass original population of Pakistan!)

2) The process runs at the discretion of those in charge of implementing it at ground level.

Caste and religious prejudice, personal animosity, ideological and political affiliations etc will all be factors in what happens to you if you can't prove citizenship.

#CAA_NRC

So for some reason, Twitter keeps deleting the last tweet in this thread. No idea what is sensitive about it.

Oh and in case you think it is premature to protest CAA in the context of NRC, think again.

Nationwide NRC is well under way as per this extremely worrying report by @ShoaibDaniyal

amp.scroll.in/article/947116…