Overview

• The Union Home Ministry extended to December 31, 2024 the date by which specified minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan may stay in India without valid travel documents.
• AASU began a statewide hunger strike from 6 a.m., staged an 11-hour protest in Guwahati, and announced further actions on September 16, 20 and 23 while arguing the policy unfairly excludes much of the Northeast and parts of Assam.
• AJP demanded Assam’s exclusion and called the decision a threat to Assamese identity, while the Congress labeled the order a BJP vote-bank ploy and a “second CAA.”
• Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the law’s impact in the state remains limited, citing 12 CAA applications with three approvals and nine under scrutiny.
• A former Foreigners Tribunal member said the notification does not change the 2014 cutoff for citizenship and only shields eligible minorities from prosecution, not confer citizenship.