Citizenship Amendment Act 2019

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Citizenship_Amendment_Act_2019

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Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:amendedBy	Citizenship Act 1955
gptkbp:challenge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:criticizedFor	religious discrimination
gptkbp:dateEnacted	11 December 2019
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:excludes	gptkb:Muslims
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Citizenship Amendment Act 2019
gptkbp:minimumResidencyRequirement	5 years
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Indian_National_Congress gptkb:Trinamool_Congress gptkb:Left_parties
gptkbp:previousResidencyRequirement	11 years
gptkbp:protestsOccurredIn	gptkb:Goa gptkb:Maharashtra gptkb:Meghalaya gptkb:Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands gptkb:Andhra_Pradesh gptkb:Arunachal_Pradesh gptkb:Assam gptkb:Bihar gptkb:Chandigarh gptkb:Chhattisgarh gptkb:Delhi gptkb:Gujarat gptkb:Haryana gptkb:Jammu_and_Kashmir gptkb:Jharkhand gptkb:Karnataka gptkb:Kerala gptkb:Ladakh gptkb:Lakshadweep gptkb:Madhya_Pradesh gptkb:Manipur gptkb:Mizoram gptkb:Nagaland gptkb:Odisha gptkb:Puducherry gptkb:Punjab gptkb:Rajasthan gptkb:Tamil_Nadu gptkb:Telangana gptkb:Tripura gptkb:Uttar_Pradesh gptkb:West_Bengal
gptkbp:providesCitizenshipTo	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Hindus gptkb:Sikhs gptkb:Parsis Jains
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Gazette_of_India
gptkbp:refugees	gptkb:Afghanistan gptkb:Bangladesh gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:National_Register_of_Citizens gptkb:Assam_Accord
gptkbp:shortName	gptkb:CAA
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:President_Ram_Nath_Kovind
gptkbp:startDate	10 January 2020
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Bharatiya_Janata_Party
gptkbp:triggeredBy	nationwide protests
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:National_Democratic_Alliance_(2019-2021)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7