The Central ruling BJP government has been sticking to its stand of not reversing back from implementing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act across the nation despite the upheaval and agitation and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reiterated the implementation of the act and claimed that its unconstitutional if the states fail to implement the act.

On Sunday, while speaking at an event organized by Chennai Citizens Forum and New Indian Forum in Chennai, the Union Minister has said that its mandate for the states to implement the amended act that was passed in the Parliament and stated that if the states stay off from passing, it's unconstitutional.

By citing that it's irrelevant to link the CAA with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), she called on the opposition parties not to air the misinformation about the act that would further instigate the agitation across the country. 

She further underlined the data of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and added that about 566 Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh were awarded Indian Citizenship since 2014 and stated that the Central government has provided the status of Indian Citizenship for 1,595 and 391 migrants who fled from Pakistan and Afghanistan respectively during 2016 and 2018.

By quoting that about 4.60 lakh Sri Lankan Tamils were given with Indian citizenship between 1964-2008, she stated that the political parties are politicizing the issue and demanded the parties to raise their concerns in the Parliament to which the Central government is ready to issue a clarification.

Earlier this month, the Congress ruling Punjab state had passed and adopted the anti CAA resolution by stating that the CAA weakens the fundamental rights enshrined in the Indian constitution and urged the Central BJP government to scrap the amendment. Punjab has become the second state in India to adopt anti CAA resolution as in December 2019, Kerala has tabled and adopted the resolution with overwhelming support in the legislative assembly.