CAA to be Included in Pol Sc. Syllabus by Lucknow University

Lucknow University will include the contentious CitizenshipAmendment Act (CAA) as a topic in its syllabus under the political sciencesubject, the university administration stated on Friday.

The Head of Department (HoD) of Lucknow University's Political Science department, Shashi Shukla, said, "Under the political science subject, we will introduce CAA. This is the most important topic right now and so it should be studied.

He added thatthe topic will include what, why, and how the citizenship law was amended.

The CAA grants Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu,Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi communities fleeing religious persecutionfrom Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and who entered India on or beforeDecember 31, 2014.

Massiveprotests have erupted across the country against the new citizenship law.Critics say that the new law is against the secular nature of the IndianConstitution and clubbed with the NRC may be misused to strip away someMuslims' citizenship in the country. The BJP, however, has argued that the lawhas nothing to do with India's Muslims and only helps those who fled religiouspersecution in the neighbouring countries.