“Centre sets up empowered committee to implement CAA in West Bengal ahead of Assembly polls”, My Ind Maker, February 21, 2026

“The Centre has taken a major step towards implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in West Bengal by forming an Empowered Committee to process applications for Indian citizenship under the law. The move comes at a time of ongoing political tension in the state, where the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) government has repeatedly opposed the CAA, calling it discriminatory.

On Friday, ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, the Centre operationalised the process of granting citizenship under the CAA through a gazetted notification. The notification formally announced the constitution of an Empowered Committee in the state to examine and process citizenship applications under the Act.

An official order issued by Additional Secretary NiteshKumar Vyas detailed the formation and structure of the committee. The order stated……”

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