01571nam a22001577a 4500 519696 519696 220412b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ratha, Keshab Chandra 32899 Interpreting citizenship amendment act: Its content and context Indian Journal of Public Administration 67(4), Dec, 2021: p.559-572 India is endowed with a proud history of inclusive government and religious tolerance. Indian citizenship has always been firmly rooted in the country’s constitution, which lays priority on equality, regardless of gender, caste, religion, class, community or language. Attaching citizenship rights to religious affiliation runs counter to the letter and spirit of India’s Constitution and constitutional morality. The major thrust of the present article is to project government’s stance on the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, constitutional provisions in relation to the Act, thematic arguments of critics and constitutional experts on the matter, multifarious challenges ahead in respect of its implementation, by establishing the fact that any measure taken must remain in conformity with international norms and values and necessity of amending the law to do away with the arbitrary selection of countries and religious groups so that the current agitation can be easily tranquilised. – Reproduced Citizenship, Inclusive constitution, Religious persecution, Illegal immigrants 30862 Indian Journal of Public Administration CITIZENSHIP AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 393767 IIPA IIPA 2022-04-12 67(4), Dec, 2021: p.559-572 AR126495 2022-04-12 AR