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The Ministry of Home Affairs has created a new controversy and confusion over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) after the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Foreigners on 1 September. The notification issued on September 1 states that non-Muslim foreign nationals who have entered India by 31 December 2024 will not be taken out of the country immediately, but it has not been said to give citizenship.
Union Minister Dr. Sukanto Majumdar posted on social media x after this order and wrote, ‘Non-Muslims in India till 31 December 2024 will get citizenship under CAA in the country.’ Majumdar also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, calling it a historic decision. However, he later deleted this post and cited the new law, saying that it would allow the minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to stay in India.
In a landmark decision, the govt of India has allowed menorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh & Pakistan – Hindu, SIKH, BUDDHIST, JAIN, JAIN, Jain, Jain, Jain, Jain, Parsi & Christian – Who ENDIA on/Before 31st Indian on/Before Dec 2024 Due to Religious Persecution, to Stay even without valid documents.
A True Step… pic.twitter.com/pvjkzomeou
– Dr. Sukanta majumdar (@drsukantabjp) September 3, 2025
However, the legal status is different from this. According to the rules made under CAA 2019 and it, non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh can get Indian citizenship only if they have come to India by 31 December 2014. That is, the cut-off date of CAA is the same, there is no change in it.
No one will get citizenship under this law
According to experts, the latest order of the Union Home Ministry is not to give citizenship but to exemption from Departation. This means that the non-Muslim foreigners who come to India till 31 December 2024 will not be removed immediately as illegal migrants. In contrast, this discount will not apply to Muslim illegal migrants, against whom the path of action is cleared.
Illegal Muslim migrants will be evacuated out of the country
The government recently reiterated from Parliament and public forums that all intruders from the country would be taken out of the country, but after the order it has become clear that non-Muslim migrants living illegally in the country will not be included in it, that is, the process of illegally living Muslim migrants will continue to continue outside the country.
The debate on this order has now intensified in political circles. The opposition says that the government is discriminating against citizenship and migration policy on religious grounds, while the ruling party is calling it ‘move to protect the aggrieved communities’.