CAA likely to be implemented from January 2021, says BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya

Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) West Bengal in-charge, Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday said that BJP led Centre government will start the process of granting citizenship to refugees under Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) from January next year.

"Most probably from January the process of granting citizenship to refugees under CAA will be started by the BJP government," Kailash Vijayvargiya told reporters.

"All those people who are being persecuted on religious matters in our neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Nepal, will be given citizenship by the Modi government," he said.

The BJP leader said that their party always delivers on its promise and they will provide citizenship to the refugees of the neighbouring countries. "BJP always delivers on its promise. We always do what we promise. BJP had said that we provide will citizenship to the refugees," said Vijayvargiya, adding that all the opposition parties are in the Supreme Court against the CAA, including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

"This government is only concerned about the 30% people of the state and is not concerned about the rest of the 70%. Our government will take care of 100% of people as per the dictum of Prime Minister Modi --- sab ka saath aur sab ka vikas," he said.

The CAA was passed in December last year. The law grants citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan and came to India before 2015.