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On March 11, the Union Home Ministry notified guidelines for the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) | (Photo:PTI)
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday mentioned folks needn’t concern concerning the Citizenship Amendment Act and that Home Minister Amit Shah has been informing folks concerning the legislation from totally different platforms.
Speaking with the media upon his arrival at Kangra airport in Dharamshala, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting mentioned, “Home Minister Amit Shah has been briefing people about the CAA from Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and other platforms that no one should get worried about it. It is a law that gives citizenship,” he mentioned.
“The country was divided into two parts on the basis of religion at the time of independence. Hindus, Sikhs, Christians,Bodh and Parsis who remained in Pakistan or migrated to Afghanistan and Bangladesh… They were assured by the then government, led by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, that their rights would be secured,” Thakur mentioned.
Earlier talking to ANI, Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured persecuted refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to think about the Narendra Modi authorities and mentioned that underneath the foundations of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), everybody will likely be given equal rights as they’ll now change into residents of India.
“There are a lot of people, there is no count as of now. Due to the wrong campaign going on, many people will hesitate to file an application. I want to assure everyone to apply here and have faith in the Narendra Modi government that you will be given citizenship with retrospective effect. This law is accepting you as a refugee. If you have entered India illegally, there will be no criminal case against you…There is no need for anyone to get scared. Everyone will be given equal rights as they will become the citizens of India,” Amit Shah mentioned in an interview with ANI on being requested concerning the variety of folks getting citizenship after CAA.
On March 11, the Union Home Ministry notified guidelines for the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
The CAA, launched by the Narendra Modi authorities and handed by Parliament in 2019, goals to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants–including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians–who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India earlier than December 31, 2014.
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First Published: Mar 14 2024 | 1:11 PM IST
