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188 Hindu Refugees From Pakistan Get Indian Citizenship Under CAA— All You Need To Know
Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (18 August) distributed citizenship certificates to 188 Hindu refugees from Pakistan under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Addressing the gathering, Shah slammed the INDI Alliance and the previous Congress government for neglecting the Hindu and other minority refugees for vote bank and appeasement politics.
He reiterated Modi government’s commitment for implementation of CAA across the country.
"CAA is not just for giving citizenship to people, it is also to give justice and rights to lakhs of people. Because of the appeasement politics of Congress and its allies, people seeking refuge did not get justice from 1947 to 2014. They were tortured in neighbouring countries because they were Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jain, but they were also tortured in their own country... The appeasement politics of INDI Alliance did not serve them justice. PM Modi gave them justice," Shah said, ANI reported.
He further said that the BJP had assured in 2014 that if it came to power it would implement CAA.
"Although the law was passed in 2019 still there was a delay in giving citizenship because the minorities were misled but CAA does not take away citizenship from anyone. Today also some state governments are misleading people. In my state, 128 families have become citizens of India. When Bangladesh was created there were 27 per cent Hindus there but today it is 9 per cent because they were forced to change their religion," he added.
