Amended Citizenship Rules May Be Notified By Government Today: Sources

As the CAA nears notification (and implementation), opposition politicians have spoken out, insisting it will not be enforced in their respective territories.

The Union Home Ministry could issue a notification to implement the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act later tonight, sources told NDTV Monday afternoon. 

This comes less than a month after Home Minister Amit Shah stressed the CAA will be implemented before the Lok Sabha election, which is due in April/May. "CAA is an act of the country... it will definitely be notified. CAA will come into effect before the election (and) nobody should be confused about this," Mr Shah said at an event in Delhi.

The CAA - which makes religion, for the first time, a test of citizenship for "persecuted" non-Muslim refugees from Muslim-majority nations like Pakistan and Bangladesh - was cleared by Parliament in December 2019 amid violent protests across the country.