{"id":504416,"date":"2024-03-12T12:06:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=504416"},"modified":"2024-04-16T18:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T13:03:18","slug":"caa-notification-thalapathy-vijay-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/caa-notification-thalapathy-vijay-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Vijay reacts to CAA notification, asks Tamil Nadu not to implement it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tamil actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Thalapathy Vijay attacked the Narendra Modi-led Central government on Monday after it enacted the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four years after the contentious law was passed by Parliament, the Center brought the CAA into effect by announcing the rules. The CAA allows undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who arrived in India before December 31, 2014, to get citizenship faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A rough translation of his speech, which was released in Tamil, claimed that it is not acceptable to implement any law like the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) in an environment where all citizens of the country live with social harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CitizenshipAmendmentAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CitizenshipAmendmentAct<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4iO2VqQnv4\">pic.twitter.com\/4iO2VqQnv4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TVK Vijay (@tvkvijayhq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tvkvijayhq\/status\/1767241944932237340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, he asked the Tamil Nadu government to make sure the law is not enforced in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The message went on that the&nbsp;leaders should make sure that Tamil Nadu does not implement this law.<br><br>Along with Vijay, other opposition leaders&nbsp;have criticized the Centre for releasing the Citizenship Amendment&nbsp;Act guidelines, claiming the BJP was attempting to polarize the public and split society in advance of the general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamil Nadu Chief Minister\u00a0MK Stalin\u00a0described it as the BJP&#8217;s divisive agenda\u00a0and said that people will teach them (BJP) a befitting lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Union BJP Government&#39;s divisive agenda has weaponised the Citizenship Act, turning it from a beacon of humanity to a tool of discrimination based on religion and race through the enactment of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAA<\/a>. By betraying Muslims and Sri Lankan Tamils, they sowed seeds of division.<br><br>Despite\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mbraX6SW10\">pic.twitter.com\/mbraX6SW10<\/a><\/p>&mdash; M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkstalin\/status\/1767199091896025350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The chief minister wrote on social media&nbsp;X, formerly known as Twitter, now, with elections approaching, Prime Minister Modi tries to save his sinking ship by cynically resurrecting Citizenship Amendment Act, exploiting religious sentiments for political gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Union Home Ministry on Monday officially issued the guidelines for the Citizenship Amendment Act&#8217;s (CAA) implementation ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election schedule announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulations, which were drafted by the Narendra Modi government&nbsp;and approved by Parliament in 2019, intend to give Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants who were subjected to persecution and arrived in India before to December 31, 2014, from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. 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