Priest can give CAA eligibility certificate, says government helpline
It is a mandatory certificate to be submitted along with other documents by the applicants on the portal; as per the rules, the certificate can be issued by a ‘locally reputed community institution’.
Thru that process #RonnaMcDaniel built a good rapport w/ #NBCNews execs Carrie Budoff Brown, snr VP of politics, & Rebecca Blumenstein, pres of editorial. McDaniel left the RNC, signed on w/ #CAA [further proving Republicans are just actors] & went looking for a TV contract.
…The #McDaniel deal was unanimously supported by leaders of all their networks, …including by …[the] president of #MSNBC.
Meanwhile, #CAA, the talent agency that helped broker the deal w/ #NBCNews, cut ties w/ #RonnaMcDaniel Tues, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the matter, telling the fmr #RNC chief & #political operative she needed to consult w/ an attorney to represent her in exit discussions.
Indira Jaising writes: CAA Rules go against equality, federalism and India’s Constitution
While the policy of protecting persecuted persons is more than welcome, the solution is to grant them all refugee status regardless of which religion they belong to.
Stand of State governments will not impact CAA: official
As the applications will be filed online, the procedure leaves little scope for the involvement of the State government officials or local police, a senior Home Ministry official said.
CAA Is an Assault on Muslims, but It Will Come for Hindus Too
The act, while eviscerating the secular fabric of the country, also offers no relief to those Hindus who have declared that they are citizens of India but cannot show the papers asked by the BJP government to prove their claim.
No Convictions, 'No Support From Activists' as Sharjeel Imam Spends Four Years in Jail
The IIT-graduate-turned-JNU-scholar's brother Muzammil Imam said to The Wire that Sharjeel has not received support from civil society groups and prominent political activists. 'They choose people who they want to support and who they don't want to support.'
After waiting 53 hours for a simple battery jump, I am really starting to wonder why I pay for a #CAA membership. Yes, it’s a cold snap. This should not be a surprise in Alberta. #YEGwx
Rules Under CAA Now Ready, Likely to Be Notified Before 2024 Elections: Reports
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act became a law in December 2019, but has been non-functional for the last four years as the Ministry of Home Affairs sought repeated extensions to frame the rules under it.