Amit Shah says CAA will be implemented before 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), which was enacted in 2019, will be implemented before the Lok Sabha elections this year after issuing the rules in this regard.

"Our Muslim brothers are being misled and instigated (against the CAA). The CAA is only meant to give citizenship to those who came to India after facing persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. It is not for snatching anyone's Indian citizenship," he said at the ET NOW Global Business Summit 2024.

The Union Minister also said that the BJP will get 370 seats and the NDA more than 400 in the upcoming polls and form the government for a third consecutive term under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.