New Delhi, March 21 -- As a massive scam related to election funding was unfolding in the shape of electoral bonds, India's Home Minister Amit Shah declared the rules and procedures for implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which was passed nearly four years ago. The correlation of its implementation now, when the electoral bond scam is coming to the surface and the general elections are around the corner, is very obvious, knowing the pattern of politics pursued by the BJP.

One recalls that the CAA was brought to the fore in the aftermath of the National Register of Citizenship (NRC), which was undertaken in Assam. The people were asked to provide the papers related to their citizenship. The understanding was that Assam h...