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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for notifying guidelines for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and accelerating the pathway for citizenship rights.
The Centre on Monday introduced the implementation of the CAA 2019, a transfer coming 4 years after the contentious regulation was handed by Parliament and paving the way in which for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
With this, the federal government will now begin granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from the three nations.
In a put up on X on Monday, CM Sawant hailed the Centre’s transfer.
“It is a remarkable day in the history of Bharat, as the Citizenship Amendment Act rules are notified!” he mentioned.
“I thank and congratulate Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji, for notification of CAA rules, accelerating pathway to get citizenship rights to persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan,” he added.
First Published: Mar 12 2024 | 12:03 PM IST
