In December 2019, an Indian law known as the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed. It offers illegal immigrants who are Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, or Christian a route to Indian citizenship from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. Because of worries about Muslim exclusion and possible ramifications for secularism and the Indian Constitution, the measure provoked controversy and protests. Equal treatment for all people, regardless of religion, is allegedly violated, according to critics. According to the government, the purpose of the CAA is to shield minority groups from neighboring nations that are being persecuted.