It is yet to be seen what the Supreme Court has to say on CAA: MP Law Minister PC Sharma | File photo from ANI

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) came into force from January 10, 2020 across the country.

Its notification was also issued on Friday in the evening, but there still lingers apprehension of its implementation in the Congress-ruled state of Madhya Pradesh.

Talking to reporters on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh Law Minister PC Sharma said, "Madhya Pradesh government's stand on Citizenship Amendment Act is clear from day one. The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh [Kamal Nath] has already confirmed the stand of the government. When on March 25 there was a march carried out, he put forth his views."

PC Sharma said, "Though the notification has been issued but it is yet to be seen what the Supreme Court has to say. The discussions are still pending in the Supreme Court."

GOVERNMENT'S OBLIGATION TO IMPLEMENT CAA: SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN

Meanwhile, former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that there exists MP government's obligation to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act in Madhya Pradesh.

Talking to reporters in Bhopal, Shivraj Singh Chauhan said, "As far as the CAA is concerned, it has been passed by both the Houses of the Parliament. The chief minister [Kamla Nath] has taken this oath that he will have true devotion to the Constitution. This is the central law which is the moral responsibility and compulsion of the government to implement."

CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT CAME INTO EFFECT FROM JANUARY 10

The Centre on Friday announced that the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA has come into force from January 10, 2020.

In a gazette notification, the Union home ministry said the Act under which non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be given Indian citizenship, will come into force from January 10.

The CAA was passed by the Parliament on December 11, 2019.

According to the CAA, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship.