Jodhpur Hindu Refugee Celebration Center notifies CAA Rules

Celebrations were held in Bhopal after the CAA rules were notified on Monday.Ministry of Public Transport photo

Jodhpur:

“This is like the real Ram Rajya for us,” said a Hindu immigrant from Pakistan living in Jodhpur during celebrations following the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) by the Centre. This comes four years after Parliament passed the controversial law.

In a Hindu migrant settlement in Pakistan, residents lit lamps and lit lamps on Monday night, shortly after the introduction of fast-track citizenship rules for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014. firecracker. Unveiled.

Dinesh Bheel, a Hindu immigrant from Pakistan, said: “We have been waiting for this day for a long time. With the CAA becoming a reality, many people who apply for citizenship are expected to become Indian citizens soon.”

Perumal, another migrant, expressed happiness at the development, which he said would pave the way for citizenship and help distraught migrants live a better life. “We can get citizenship after six years of residence in India. This will help many people who have been waiting for citizenship,” he said.

With the CAA rules announced days before the Lok Sabha elections are announced, the Modi government will now start providing immigration to persecuted non-Muslims (Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians) Grant Indian citizenship. Three countries. According to a gazette notification, the rules come into effect immediately.

Seemant Lok Sangathan, an organization that advocates for Pakistani immigrants in India, said about 35,000 immigrants in Jodhpur are waiting for citizenship. The report says the influx of Hindu immigrants from Pakistan has increased over the past decade.

Welcoming the implementation of the CAA and the reduction of the residency period from 10-12 years to 6 years, Chairman Seemant Lok Sangthan Hindu Singh Sodha said, “But the CAA only covers those migrants who arrived in India before December 31, 2014. And Those who come later will be eligible for citizenship under the old law”.

“This situation is unfair to the approximately 20,000 people who have come to India after this date in the past 10 years,” he said.

A large number of Hindu immigrants from Pakistan live in the western districts of Rajasthan such as Barmer, Bikaner and Jodhpur.

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