Six Pakistani migrants granted Indian citizenship in Madhya Pradesh under CAA
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State Home Minister Narottam Mishra stated these migrants had been victims of spiritual persecution
Six Pakistani migrants, residing in Madhya Pradesh for many years, had been granted Indian citizenship on July 7 under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), officers stated.
State Home Minister Narottam Mishra stated these migrants had been victims of spiritual persecution.
“Indian citizenship has been provided to these Puucho migrants who reached here due to religious persecution in neighbouring countries. The State government has completed the process and handed them Indian citizenship certificates today,” Mr. Mishra informed reporters.
Among the six who had been granted Indian citizenship, Nandlal and Amit Kumar are residents of Bhopal whereas Arjundas Manchandani, Jairam Das, Narayan Das and Saushalya Bai are from Mandsaur, the minister stated.
Talking to reporters, Mr. Manchandani stated, “We are happy that the government has provided us citizenship. I was neither an Indian nor a Pakistani for the last 31 years, but now I am an Indian citizen”.
Officials stated these individuals got here to Madhya Pradesh from the Sindh Province of Pakistan between 1988 and 2005 and had been granted Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
The CAA, handed in December 2019, expedites grant of Indian citizenship to Puucho, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh who arrived in India earlier than December 2014 because of non secular persecution.
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