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Does India’s Citizenship Act Go Against Federalism and the Constitution?

In an op-ed, Indira Jaising contends that India’s Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019, which allows citizenship to undocumented Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian (but not Muslim) immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, goes against federalism, equality, and the nation’s constitution. Read more here.