Citizenship Amendment Act: Amended Citizenship Act (CAAPrime Minister on 14 people getting Indian citizenship under ) Narendra Modi Taking aim at Congress, he said that this was accomplished because of our guarantee.
While addressing an election rally in Lalganj, UP, PM Modi said, “You must have seen that the work of granting citizenship under CAA has started. Those taking Indian citizenship include people from Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian religions. These people (Congress) climbed the ladder of power by taking the name of Mahatma Gandhi, but do not remember his words.
What did PM Modi say?
PM Modi told that Mahatma Gandhi had said that they (non-Muslims) can come to India any time. Thousands of families took refuge in the womb of Mother India to save their religion and culture, but Congress never took care of them.
He claimed that most of the people taking refuge in India are people from OBC and Dalit communities. In the greed of vote bank, Congress, SP and their allies tortured these people. People of Indi alliance say that Modi has brought CAA, the day Modi goes, this CAA will also go.
What did you say about CAA?
PM Modi said that the latest example of what my guarantee means is the CAA law. Just yesterday, the work of giving Indian citizenship to refugees under the CAA law has started. These are the people who have been living in our country for a long time as refugees, these are the people who were victims of the partition of India on the basis of religion.
In fact, on Wednesday (May 15), about two months after the rules for CAA were notified, 14 people were granted Indian citizenship.
What is the rule in CAA?
Under CAA, people of Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities who came to India on or before December 31, 2014 and were victims of torture in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, are to be given Indian citizenship.
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