The Sociology political science

Sociology- political science
Title:- Ethnic Conflict due to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
in India

Abstract: - In this article, we study the Ethnic Conflict within India due to the Citizenship
Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). This is based on the
current Ethnic Conflict, and its effect can be seen across the World. In this article, we also
analyze why this issue is essential for the global community.
Introduction:-
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 seems to amend the status of illegal
immigrants in India. This is entitled explicitly to Jain, Christian, Parsi, Buddhist, Hindu, and
Sikh immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, who have faced religious
persecution in their originating countries and subsequently moved to India till 31st December
2014 will be provided Indian citizenship.
It was indicated that Muslims constitute close to 15% of the Indian population, and this Act
leaves out immigrants from that community. Hence, it was criticized as being unsecure and
was also pointed out that it effectively creates a hierarchical system of citizenship determined
by an individual’s religion (Markit, 2020).
The Indian government clarified that Muslims were not persecuted minorities in the Islamic
countries of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Therefore, Muslims were not included in
the list of beneficiaries.
The new citizenship law leads to create a National Register of Citizens (NRC), apparently
aimed at identifying and removing illegal immigrants. The requirement of documents to
prove citizenship will certainly disqualify millions from the citizenship status, as can be seen
in the state of Assam, where the NRC has already been implemented (Saaliq, 2020).