KolkataSeptember 7, 2025 01:59 PM IS
First printed: September seventh, 2025 at 1:08pm
Inside a yr for the reason that 2024 Lok Sabah election, the Centre had carried out a drastic overhaul of the system to manage immigration, staying and exit from September 1st, informing varied guidelines and orders beneath the Immigration and Foreigners Act of 2025.
These guidelines enable minorities dealing with spiritual persecution (basically non-Muslims) from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who entered India till December 31, 2024, to remain with out visa and passport necessities. On December 31, 2014, as soon as the citizenship entry cutoff date beneath the CAA stays, the brand new rules apply to these searching for a long-term visa. They nonetheless want to accumulate Indian citizenship by naturalization. In West Bengal, the BJP seems to be satisfied that the transfer will assist consolidate voters in Matua, however the dominant Trinamoll Convention (TMC) has argued that it’s one other ploy to “terrorize minorities” because the 2026 parliamentary election approaches.
