*STATE GOVT HAVE NO POWER TO REJECT CAA / NRC*
*STATE GOVT HAVE NO POWER TO REJECT CAA / NRC*
State governments have no powers to reject the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as the legislation was enacted under the Union List of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution and the National Population Register which is to be carried out next year.
The statement came after Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Punjab, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh announced that the CAA was “unconstitutional” and has no place in their respective States.
“The States have no powers to deny implementation of a Central law which is in the Union List,” the Home Ministry official said.
There are 97 items under the Union List of the 7th Schedule and they include Defence, External Affairs, Railways, Citizenship and Naturalisation.
Referring to the NPR, which will be carried out along with the census exercise next year, the official said no State can refuse to carry out the process as it will be done as per the Citizenship Act.
The NPR is a register of usual residents of the country. It is being prepared at the local (village/sub-town), sub-district, district, State and national level under provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.
It is mandatory for every usual resident of India to register in the NPR.
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