<p>Guwahati: Senior <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a> leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/pawan-khera">Pawan Khera</a> on Wednesday asserted that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 will be repealed if the party comes to power after the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections">Lok Sabha elections</a>.</p>.<p>He also took a swipe at Prime Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a> for not visiting Manipur, which has been witnessing ethnic strife since May last year.</p>.<p>Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Khera said, “The cut-off date of 1971 is sacrosanct for Assam. But <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/caa">CAA</a> will take it away and 2014 will be the cut-off date." </p><p>He was referring to the cut-off date of March 25, 1971, for granting Indian citizenship to people entering Assam from Bangladesh, according to the Assam Accord.</p>.<p>Under the CAA, the Modi government wants to grant Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants – Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians – from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who had come to India till December 31, 2014.</p>.<p>“The Congress will repeal the CAA if voted to power,” Khera said.</p>.<p>There were massive protests in some parts of the country including the Northeastern region after the CAA was passed by Parliament in December 2019 and got the presidential assent. </p><p>The Home Ministry has been taking extensions at regular intervals from the parliamentary committee for framing the rules.</p>.CAA likely to create volatile situation in Assam again, say Opposition parties as they seek to meet PM Modi.<p>Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in last month that rules for implementing the CAA will be issued before the coming Lok Sabha polls.</p>.<p>On Modi's scheduled visit to Assam later this week, the Congress leader criticised him for not visiting Manipur.</p>.<p>"Why is the Prime Minister afraid of visiting Manipur? We request him to visit the state for at least half an hour when he comes here," he said.</p>.<p>At least 219 people have been killed in Manipur in ethnic strife in Manipur.</p>.<p>Alleging that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was involved in corruption, the Congress leader claimed that the people would give him a befitting reply.</p>.<p>Khera also claimed that the Congress will perform well in Assam in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election.</p>
<p>Guwahati: Senior <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a> leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/pawan-khera">Pawan Khera</a> on Wednesday asserted that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 will be repealed if the party comes to power after the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections">Lok Sabha elections</a>.</p>.<p>He also took a swipe at Prime Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a> for not visiting Manipur, which has been witnessing ethnic strife since May last year.</p>.<p>Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Khera said, “The cut-off date of 1971 is sacrosanct for Assam. But <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/caa">CAA</a> will take it away and 2014 will be the cut-off date." </p><p>He was referring to the cut-off date of March 25, 1971, for granting Indian citizenship to people entering Assam from Bangladesh, according to the Assam Accord.</p>.<p>Under the CAA, the Modi government wants to grant Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants – Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians – from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who had come to India till December 31, 2014.</p>.<p>“The Congress will repeal the CAA if voted to power,” Khera said.</p>.<p>There were massive protests in some parts of the country including the Northeastern region after the CAA was passed by Parliament in December 2019 and got the presidential assent. </p><p>The Home Ministry has been taking extensions at regular intervals from the parliamentary committee for framing the rules.</p>.CAA likely to create volatile situation in Assam again, say Opposition parties as they seek to meet PM Modi.<p>Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in last month that rules for implementing the CAA will be issued before the coming Lok Sabha polls.</p>.<p>On Modi's scheduled visit to Assam later this week, the Congress leader criticised him for not visiting Manipur.</p>.<p>"Why is the Prime Minister afraid of visiting Manipur? We request him to visit the state for at least half an hour when he comes here," he said.</p>.<p>At least 219 people have been killed in Manipur in ethnic strife in Manipur.</p>.<p>Alleging that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was involved in corruption, the Congress leader claimed that the people would give him a befitting reply.</p>.<p>Khera also claimed that the Congress will perform well in Assam in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election.</p>