Relevance of Indian CItizenship Decoded

 As COVID-19 invaded India, the entire media coverage was diverted towards the horror of the pandemic. In the midst of global tragedy, the agricultural reforms act came into effect. The debate hungry populace embarrass the left, the right and the centre of the new law. It appeared that 2019 amendments of the CItizenship Act, 1955 was just passé. 

However, citizenship of India will remain a matter of concern for all the citizens till India stands as a sovereign nation. Therefore, debate over the latest amendments of the Citizenship Act, 1955 is still pertinent to the nation.

This argument can be substantiated in the latest outbursts of protests against CAA in Assam. Current debate is about breach of Assam Accord by CAA, 2019.

Assam Accord is Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 as amended in 1985 [by Act 65 of 1985, s.2, with effect from December 7, 1985].

It has three landmark years in its definitions of different sections. These are 1964, 1966 and 1971. 

What does each of these years mean?

1964 is the year of the Constituting Foreigners’ Tribunal. It was the first step towards separating illegal immigrants in the entire territory of India. 

1966 is important year because January 1, 1966 was marked as the starting date for persons entering Assam from [specified territory]* whose name was to be deleted from subsequent electoral rolls (voters’ list) as mentioned in Subsection (3) of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 as amended.

1971 is important as Midnight of March 24, 1971 was marked to be the end date of entry of persons from [specified territory]* whose name was to be deleted from subsequent electoral rolls (voters’ list) as referred in preceding paragraph.

* As mentioned in Assam Accord, [specified territory] is probably the areas belonging to Pakistan till 1971 and then to Bangladesh. This has not been explained in the Citizenship Act, 1955 as amended till now.

As soon as, a person is detected to be a foreigner by definition of entry to India from [specified territory]* between January 1, 1966 and March 25, 1971 such a person would be removed from the electoral roll though such person can keep their Indian passport.

Moreover, March 25, 1971 is the latest date of publication of the electoral roll to be compiled into the Legacy Data prepared for the National Register of Citizens in Assam. 

This appears to be discordant with the Assam Accord. Assam Accord declined to include people in electoral rolls who entered from the [specified territory]* into India in between January 1, 1966 and March 25, 1971 as soon as these people are identified to be foreigners with Indian Passport. Moreover, the Assam Accord attempted to put an embargo of ten years on these people becoming citizens and subsequently voters in India.

Preparation of Legacy data with electoral rolls published before March 25, 1971 was governed by the RULE 4A & SCHEDULE OF CITIZENSHIP RULES 2003 (As amended by 1. G. S. R. 803(E), dated 9th November, 2009 (with effect from 9/11/2009.) This rule unambiguously declared to exclude all persons identified to be foreigners by provisions of Assam Accord to be excluded from the Legacy Data [Rule 3(2) under Schedule supporting Rule 4A of Citizenship Rule laying out SPECIAL PROVISION AS TO MANNER OF PREPARATION OF NATIONAL REGISTER OF INDIAN CITIZEN IN STATE OF ASSAM]. Thus, the process theoretically resolved the conflict of point of references of definition of citizens on the basis of electoral rolls of 1951 and three subsequent electoral rolls published until March 24, 1971.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 has marked December 31, 2014 to be the last date of entry to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh for people belonging to defined religious groups to be considered for Indian Citizenship. The matter being sub-judice the framing of rules regarding this proviso of the amendment is still pending. Unless the rules, which are the executing procedure of the act,  under this proviso takes forms and shapes, it cannot be said if this proviso is in discordance with the Assam Accord.

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In my previous blog I have elaborated the content of the book [here]. Hope, you have found the content useful. 

The content can be pretty useful for persons who are appearing in competitive exams for public services in India.

It can be useful to students abroad who need to maintain their Indian Citizenship.

It can also be useful for people who are treading in between Indian citizenship and citizenship of another country and vice versa.

It can also be useful for the people who are sceptical about the National Citizenship Register and how NRC would affect them.

Moreover, it can be useful to everyone who is curious about the true nature of the Citizenship (Amendement) Act, 2019 and the nature of controversy around it.

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August 15 is the Independence Day of India. The book is about to be released on Kindle is about citizenship of India. For dramatic effect, the release date of the book, “Indian CItizenship Decoded” has been set on August 1, 2021, the onset of the month of Independence.

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 I have so far divulged [Live in this link] that Indian Citizenship Decoded/ Beyond Emotional Outbursts and Political Predilections have come into existence from an urge to know the definition of citizenship in India. With then ensuing controversy over the recent amendments of the Citizenship Act, 1955, curiosity also dragged the search to find the root of the controversy. Thus, the book is full of details about the controversy regarding the controversy.

In my previous post about the book [linked here], I have shed light on how I have approached the bare acts. The approach has been the same in discussing the stance of the Constitution of India on the matters of citizenship.

The book opens with the perception of citizenship in the Constitution of India. Then it goes through the nitty gritties of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The chapter has highlighted all the amendments made by the Citizenship (Amendment), 2019 with the Act of 1955. This has been the blatant attempt to understand the seed of the controversy.

As an obvious outcome, the book has gone through understanding the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003. It made clear that the processes followed in preparation of the National Register of the Citizens in Assam was execution of the aforementioned rule.

Therefore, the step by step process of NRC has been noted in the book. The forms used, the enumerations in the forms - all were discussed with reference to the aforementioned rules. 

Finally, the book took on the controversy. Sifting through the cacophony, the debate over the legitimacy of the amendments of 2019 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 were narrowed down only to two questions. Those two questions have been discussed with references to the Constitution of India, verdicts by the Honorable Supreme Court of India, some research papers, some reports by the foreign governments and by the United Nations and some international Non-governmental organizations.

Yet the book abstained from putting forward its own opinion.

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