18 Hindu refugees from Pakistan have been granted Indian citizenship in Ahmedabad
The camp was organized at the district collector office.
Indian Citizenship under CAA: Just a few days after the details and rules of implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 were announced by the Centre, 18 Hindu refugees from Pakistan, living in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, were granted Indian citizenship on Saturday at a camp attended by the Gujarat Home Minister Harsh. Sanghavi.
An official press release said that the Gazette notifications of 2016 and 2018 empower the district collectors of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kutch in Gujarat to grant Indian citizenship to people from minority communities of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
The official press release said that with Saturday’s event, a total of 1,167 Hindu refugees from Pakistan living in Ahmedabad have been granted Indian citizenship so far.
The camp was organized at the district office where Harish Sanghavi granted Indian citizenship to the refugees and urged them to work together to realize the dream of a new India.
“It is expected that all of you will be determined to participate in the development journey of the country,” he said, adding that the Central and State Governments are committed to bringing all those who have acquired Indian citizenship into the mainstream of the society to bring.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have made special efforts to help the suffering minorities of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh obtain Indian citizenship easily and quickly,” he said.
The central government implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Monday, March 11.
In this regard, the Center has notified the rules for implementation of the law.
The Indian government announced the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Monday, March 11. The CAA rules aim to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants, including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians who have migrated from Bangladesh. , Pakistan and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014.
(With PTI inputs)