As several states have clearly stated that they will not implement the recently enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Centre is considering making the process of granting citizenship under the new legislation online to bypass the opposition. By making the process completely online, the Centre will stop the intervention of state government at all levels, sources added. On Tuesday, the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution urging the Narendra Modi led government at the Centre to withdraw the citizenship law. Prasad elaborated that there are some issues which form the Union List or List-I in the Constitution of India. "Citizenship, naturalisation, and aliens are entry 17 on the Union List.

Source: dna January 01, 2020 07:18 UTC