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Excellent story on how the govt has been steadily placing hurdles for Muslims seeking Indian citizenship. To those pro #CAA saying "Muslims can apply for citizenship in the normal route," here's why they can't: not eligible for Long Term Visa, the first step to get citizenship
Muslims from Bangaldesh, Pak, Afghanistan have to pay 213 times the overstay penalty Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Jain's from there pay.
RBI changed rules in March 2018, so that Muslims from Pak, Afghanistan & Bangladesh cannot get Long Term Visas and cannot buy land or open bank accounts. Hindus, Sikhs, Jain's, Buddhists, Christians from these countries can. All this before #CAA.
google.com/amp/s/thewire.…
Story from 2017, where Rohingyas say they got Long Term Visas from 2012-13 as they escaped routine persecution in Myanmar. But govt stopped issuing it after 2016, @datelinedelhi reports.
One refugee calls it "hostile times"
google.co.in/amp/www.catchn…
The RBI curbs on Muslims from Pak, Bangladesh, Afghanistan buying property in India was first reported by @the_hindu on 17 Dec 2019. (On DM from @SuryaAhmadVS). Link : thehindu.com/business/Indus…
Actually just realised. The hurdles apply to ALL Muslim immigrants from ANY country, while the relaxation applies to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist & Christian immigrants from Pak, Bangladesh & Aghanistan.
Applies to all the above.
Excuse me while I cry for my country. #CAA
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Rohini Mohan
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Please read the text of the #CitizenshipAmendmentAct before you believe or disbelieve gurus. It's barely 3 pages.
If you aren't clear why NPR (national population register) and NRC are connected, here, read this:
Step 1: Section 14A, Citizenship Act 1955, on creating a nationwide citizens register and issuing national identity cards. It was added in the Act in 2003.
Read step 2 next.
How are NPR and NRC connected?
Step 2: Read Citizenship Rules, which detail how the citizens register will be made.
This is a little longer but easier language.
Note: The 1st time population register is mentioned ever is in these rules on how to make citizens register.
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Rohini Mohan
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Having interviewed many grassroots activists who have organised 100s of protests with even over 10,000 people, I've learnt that takes YEARS of mobilising, conversations, leadership, to keep rallies non-violent, especially when the causes are often life & death. + #CAA2019
Twitterati condemning and giving sage advise to students to keep calm, not slap a cop when he slaps a student, probably don't recognise how HARD it is to be non-violent in the face of asymmetric power of the state. + #CAA2019
We can't forget that a student's slap is not equal to trained cops in riot gear shooting bullets, tear gas & a history of quelling protests of all kinds with cases of "kidnapping govt officials", "blocking govt work", causing nuisance etc. #CAA2019
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Rohini Mohan
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If the govt really wants to help persecuted minorities of neighbouring countries, then why have 62,000 Tamil refugees from #SriLanka, who are refugee camps in TN, been left out of the #CitizenshipAmendmentBill? They are mostly Hindus and Christians.
What about the 100,000 Tibetans, also living in India? Most of them are Buddhists.
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Rachel Chitra
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Even as protests over #CAA rage across India, a review of government orders (GO) by TOI shows that the government has been steadily placing hurdles in the way of Muslims seeking Indian citizenship since December 2014. #ConstitutionBench #NRC #SupremeCourt
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/before-c…
The most significant GO is the October 22, 2018 amendment to the Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950 and Foreigners Act, 1946, discriminating against Muslims and atheists for the grant of long-term visas (LTVs). The changed LTV regulations say..
, “Only members of minority communities in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, namely, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians, are eligible to apply for long-term visas.”
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Faheem
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. @KTRTRS talking about CAA protests. He goes on to say, something is wrong hence there are protests. Why are Muslims subjected to secular tests?
For people who do not understand telugu, I'll tweet the translation done by @SayeedMA
#CAA_NRC_Protests
KTR Talks - Why do you think we have this protests? Do you think people are protesting for no reason? Why are people doubting only CAA Act? In the past, Modi government had passed controversial bills such as #TripleTalaq, #370 etc and there was no protest? Why only this?
We asked the Modi govt in Parliament that u are willing to grant Indian citizenship to minorities from other countries, why singling out Muslims? What's wrong in what we asked? We never got an answer to this. I heard a BJP leader from WB talking about shooting the protestors?
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JayEnAar
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Ram Madhav tries his hand at Mansplaining. "The Act is not an Act", he says. "It is an amendment to the original Act". Duh! It looks like he has read just the Title of the Citizenship Amendment Act #CAA - and assumes that qualifies him to expound on it. Typical #Sanghi.
Let me - a non-lawyer explian the #CAA to @Rammadhav. I promise I wont touch on the NCR - that really shows up the true intent oif the CAA. For now I'll focus solely on the Act.
1. It is not the Citizenship Amendment Act. It is to be pedantic, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
The Citizenship Act of 1955 now stands amended. Most importantly, section 2, sub-section (1), clause (b) of the 1955 Act now has this additional proviso inserted:
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A thread explaining the provisions pertaining to #Citizenship in India and some concerns regarding the #CAA2019:

#CitizenshipAmendmentAct

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Citizenship of India can be acquired by Birth, descent, registration, naturalisation or incorporation of territory.

Any foreigner on becoming eligible can acquire citizenship by registration or by naturalisation irrespective of his country or community.

#CAA2019
#CAB2019

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#CAA2019 enables foreigners of 6 minority communities from 3 countries to apply for citizenship on basis of religious persecution

It does NOT amend any existing legal provision which enables any foreigner to apply for Indian citizenship through registration/naturalisation.

3/9
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Aaina
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The smoke surrounding #CAA debate has everyone outraging but hardly anyone understands the historical, legislative or humanitarian context to it. I came across certain facts on why the CAA is the right step after a long delay which I summarise here. 1/n
#CitizenshipAmendmentAct is not an Act that the BJP or @AmitShah came up with to set some communal agenda. It was a just demand made by political parties across spectrum. Here is a letter CPI(M) General Secretary wrote to PM Manmohan Singh on May 12,2012 on Bengali refugees. 2/n
The letter by Prakash Karat rightly pointed out how “lakhs of families are affected, the majority of them from Scheduled Caste communities like namashudra, pondra khatriya, majhi etc.” 3/n
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Atheist Dharma
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(1/n)Why the common peace-loving Citizen of India & Bharat does not need to worry about #CAA or about #NRC .

Many people have hijacked this issue & turned it into a communal issue for votebank politics. Let's learn about our citizenship laws & how you don't need to worry.
(2/n) If a person was born in India after 26th Jan 1950 & before 1st July 1987 have acquired citizenship by birth. It covers most our parents for us in our 20s. Therefore most of the youth today born before 2003 are automatically citizens by birth including #JamiaProtest student
(3/n) So what happens to children born after 2003? They're all citizens by descent born to fathers who are Indian citizens. It even covers children born outside of the country who can register their births at Indian consulates. The overlapping in dates guarantees your citizenship
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