One year later, New Delhi continues to drag its heels on controversial citizenship law

  • Date: 17-Dec-2020
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One year later, New Delhi continues to drag its heels on controversial citizenship law

One year later, New Delhi continues to drag its heels on controversial citizenship law

One year later, New Delhi continues to drag its heels on controversial citizenship law

Activists of All Assam Students' Union (AASU) hold placards and play traditional instruments during a protest against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Guwahati on December 12, 2020. (AFP)

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One year later, New Delhi continues to drag its heels on controversial citizenship law

Government spokesman says CAA will be implemented 'sooner or later' and people of Assam are in favor of it but experts disagree

Updated 17 December 2020

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NEW DELHI: Dec. 11 marked the first anniversary of the passing of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India.

However, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which introduced the law with much fanfare, has failed to implement the legislation. Some experts suggest this is a result of "domestic and international political pressure.“

"The BJP is trying to find a way out of the contradictions it finds itself in after (introducing) the CAA,“ said Snigdhendhu Bhattacharya, a journalist in Kolkata and author of "Mission Bengal: A Saffron Experiment.“

"The party finds great resistance to the CAA in the northeastern state of Assam but is amenable to implementing