Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will not have any impact on Meghalaya since the entire Sixth Schedule areas have been exempted from its purview.
Speaking to reporters, Sangma said that the question of the Government of India (GOI) coming up with the rules are procedures that are followed by the GOI.
“But from Meghalaya’s point of view it doesn’t really impact us much because the Sixth Schedule areas are completely exempted from the CAA and hardly we say 99.9 % but it is actually 99.9999% it is a small section which is non-schedule area but apart from that the entire Sixth Schedule area has been exempted so it will not have any impact on the state of Meghalaya,” he said.
Asked if government will continue to pursue with the Centre to fully exempt Meghalaya from the CAA, Sangma said, “There is hardly municipal area of 2-3 or this entire European ward of 2sq km or 1sq km or whatever it is is really not a big impact as the entire of the state is exempted from it.”
“I think we are looking at that one dot which is there and not realising that the rest of 99.9999% is not included, that is what is important to note . That one dot is there because of a technical issue otherwise the entire Sixth Schedule area is exempted from the CAA,” he added.
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