Union Minister Shantanu Thakur has claimed that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) would be implemented across India within the next seven days."I can guarantee that in the next seven days, not just in West Bengal, but the CAA will be implemented across India," Thakur said in Bengali while addressing a public gathering in Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas in Bengal.Shantanu Thakur, BJP's Lok Sabha MP from Bengal's Bangaon reiterated what Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said in his CAA statement.In December last year, Amit Shah asserted that the BJP-headed central government would implement the CAA and "no one can stop it". His remarks were targeted at Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been staunchly opposed to the CAA.During his speech at a big rally at Kolkata's iconic Esplanade, Amit Shah had also launched scathing attacks against Mamata Banerjee on the issues of infiltration, corruption, political violence, and appeasement and urged people to dethrone her government from Bengal and elect BJP in the 2026 Assembly elections.He had also given a clarification on the intended beneficiaries, saying they have as much right to citizenship as anyone else.Soon after its passing in both Houses of Parliament and receiving the President's assent in 2019, the CAA has been at the forefront of massive protests all over India and the Opposition's strong stand against it.News agency PTI, citing an official, reported earlier this month that the CAA rules are ready with the Centre and will be notified "much before" the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. The official further said that the online portal for the CAA is also in place and the entire process will be digital."The applicants will have to declare the year when they entered India without travel documents. No document will be sought from the applicants," PTI reported, citing the official.
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