Bhattacharjee, Malini
(2020)
The politics of perception and the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.
Dialogue, 22 (2).
pp. 25-32.
Abstract
The contours of politics often get shaped not so much on the basis of
the actual impact of certain policies but more by the perceptions about
their impact by different stakeholders. The Citizenship Amendment Act
of 2019 and the controversy it has created is an important example in
this regard. As Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal gear up
for State Assembly elections this year, the CAA is back in public
discourse and will possibly be a turning point in deciding the electoral
outcomes in at least some states, if not more. Some analysts have
argued that the CAA is likely to have an important impact in the elections
of Assam as the CAA-NRC controversy has its genesis in Assam and
because the sentiment against the ‘foreigner’ has been the highest in
the region since several decades now owing to historical reasons.
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