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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The Kindle Edition is now available in Amazon and Amazon Kindle Store for prebooking all across the globe through designated market palces at https://www.amazon.com/Indian-Citizenship-Decoded-Emotional-Predilections-ebook/dp/B09875SJF8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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