So many things absolutely wrong about your comment..
Indian National Congress is center-left. The party in power (BJP) is extreme right.
The protests are because of this act being tied with the impending National Registry of Citizens which will strip many Indians of their citizenship (this already took place in the state of Assam)
The BJP discovered that under the NRC rules used to decide if you are a citizen or not, a lot of Hindus were stripped of their citizenship, more so than the Muslims they were targetting.
This CAA which folks are protesting against will just reclassify Non Muslims who will be stripped of their citizenship by the NRC, as citizens (assumed to be refugees) and will leave many existing Muslim citizens who have been in India since 100s of years / multiple generations stateless.
Judging by your comment, the BJP has done an excellent job packaging the CAA as an act that merely helps (Non Muslim) refugees from other countries, and has succeeded in pulling the hood over a large number of people (especially NRIs)
> people that proposed this are now protesting against it.
Don't paint this as an opposition fueled protest. It is an anti-government protest by ordinary citizens who deeply care about secularism as espoused by the constitution. These would have happened then, as they have happened now.
Indian National Congress is center-left. The party in power (BJP) is extreme right.
The protests are because of this act being tied with the impending National Registry of Citizens which will strip many Indians of their citizenship (this already took place in the state of Assam)
The BJP discovered that under the NRC rules used to decide if you are a citizen or not, a lot of Hindus were stripped of their citizenship, more so than the Muslims they were targetting.
This CAA which folks are protesting against will just reclassify Non Muslims who will be stripped of their citizenship by the NRC, as citizens (assumed to be refugees) and will leave many existing Muslim citizens who have been in India since 100s of years / multiple generations stateless.
Judging by your comment, the BJP has done an excellent job packaging the CAA as an act that merely helps (Non Muslim) refugees from other countries, and has succeeded in pulling the hood over a large number of people (especially NRIs)