Open AccessReinventing the Republic: Faith and Citizenship in India
Author(s) -
Niraja Gopal Jayal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
studies in indian politics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.589
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2321-7472
pISSN - 2321-0230
DOI - 10.1177/23210230221082799
Subject(s) - secularism , citizenship , politics , political science , law , constitutional amendment , population , sociology , public administration , secularity , political economy , demography
In India, a new legal regime and political ecosystem has been enacted for India’s Muslim minority that effectively undermines the constitutional commitment to secularism. This article examines the legal, political, social, moral, and international implications of an assemblage of law and policy—namely, the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, as well as two other initiatives, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register—that cumulatively animates an ambitious project to reinvent the nature of the Indian republic, from a pluralist, multi-ethnic and multi-religious civic community to a political community marked by ethno-religious majoritarianism.