New Delhi [India], Refugees who came from Pakistan and are living in Delhi on Thursday expressed gratitude to the Central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for granting them Indian citizenship through the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, May 15. Issued the first notification. Set of citizenship certificates two months after notifying the rules under CAA "We came to Delhi from Pakistan on October 5, 2013. When the bill for CAA was passed, we were very happy. After that, we got citizenship. Tried to do so that we can start some work also. We applied for citizenship a month ago and we got it on 15th May.Now, our future will also be bright. We are grateful to the Indian government,” Shital Das, a Pakistani refugee currently living in Delhi from Majnu Ka Tila who got citizenship through CAA, told ANI.
Yashoda, another Pakistani refugee living in Majnu Ka Tila, said she would now be considered an Indian citizen and would not be called a "Pakistani". We came here in 2013. We faced many difficulties related to water and electricity. Now we have citizenship. Not only us, our children's future will be bright. We struggled a lot for citizenship. We are happy and grateful to P Modi.'Our children will also be educated like other children and their future will be better. We were called Pakistanis. Now no one will call us like that. “W will now be considered an Indian,” Yashoda told ANI.
Amrita expressed her desire to become a doctor, as she also got citizenship through CAA. Amrita said, “When we came in 2013, there were no schools or electricity. Now we have both.I want to become a doctor when I grow up." Another Pakistani refugee living in Majnu Ka Tila described it as a "huge favour". He thanked the central government for "accepting him".
"We applied for citizenship 3-4 years ago. It had been 8-9 years since it was announced that we would get citizenship. We even named our granddaughter 'Citizenship'.We were very happy. Both my children are citizens now. I thank the people of the country for accepting us. This is a huge favor for us. We will respect this citizenship in the same way we respect our children, our elders and our God.Whoever has done this and thought about us, we are grateful to him,” said Meera, adding that Bhavana, who lives in Delhi's Adarsh Nagar and was one of the applicants to receive the citizenship certificate, received the certificate. "I have got the citizenship and I am feeling very happy, I can study further, I came here in 2014 and when this CAA was passed I was very happy, Pakistan In India, we girls could not study and it was difficult to go out, if we had to go out, we used to wear burqa, in India we get to study, I am in 11th class now and I also have to go for tuition,” Bhavana said. Said
"Many of our family members are still there who want to come to India but are facing visa related problems. We are very happy to be back in our country. PM Narendra Modi has helped us a lot. We are very grateful to PM Modi and Thanks to Amit Shah.“I want to become a teacher and educate the women living in this area,” she said. “When we came here 10 years ago, we did not have citizenship. We faced difficulties in entry.” Had our children (in school) Now our children will get proper education and our future will be bright,” said another refugee from Pakistan who obtained citizenship through CAA.
On March 11 this year, as the Union Home Ministry notified the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), days before the announcement of the Lok Sabha election schedule, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla handed over citizenship certificates to some applicants in New Delhi. On 15 May.Certificates were physically handed over to 14 applicants seeking citizenship and several other applicants were issued digitally signed certificates through email. The rules envisage the manner of application form, procedure for processing the applications by the District Level Committee (DLC). ) and Scrutiny and Grant of Citizenship by the State Level Empowered Committee (EC), in pursuance of these rules, applications have been received from persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities, according to an official release. District Level Committees (DLCs) headed by Senior Postal Superintendents have administered the oath on successful verification of documents from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014 due to persecution or fear of persecution on grounds of religion. After processing the applicants as per the integrity rules, the DLC has forwarded the applications to the State Level Empowered Committee headed by the Director (Census Operations).The processing of applications is done entirely through the online portal.
Yashoda, another Pakistani refugee living in Majnu Ka Tila, said she would now be considered an Indian citizen and would not be called a "Pakistani". We came here in 2013. We faced many difficulties related to water and electricity. Now we have citizenship. Not only us, our children's future will be bright. We struggled a lot for citizenship. We are happy and grateful to P Modi.'Our children will also be educated like other children and their future will be better. We were called Pakistanis. Now no one will call us like that. “W will now be considered an Indian,” Yashoda told ANI.
Amrita expressed her desire to become a doctor, as she also got citizenship through CAA. Amrita said, “When we came in 2013, there were no schools or electricity. Now we have both.I want to become a doctor when I grow up." Another Pakistani refugee living in Majnu Ka Tila described it as a "huge favour". He thanked the central government for "accepting him".
"We applied for citizenship 3-4 years ago. It had been 8-9 years since it was announced that we would get citizenship. We even named our granddaughter 'Citizenship'.We were very happy. Both my children are citizens now. I thank the people of the country for accepting us. This is a huge favor for us. We will respect this citizenship in the same way we respect our children, our elders and our God.Whoever has done this and thought about us, we are grateful to him,” said Meera, adding that Bhavana, who lives in Delhi's Adarsh Nagar and was one of the applicants to receive the citizenship certificate, received the certificate. "I have got the citizenship and I am feeling very happy, I can study further, I came here in 2014 and when this CAA was passed I was very happy, Pakistan In India, we girls could not study and it was difficult to go out, if we had to go out, we used to wear burqa, in India we get to study, I am in 11th class now and I also have to go for tuition,” Bhavana said. Said
"Many of our family members are still there who want to come to India but are facing visa related problems. We are very happy to be back in our country. PM Narendra Modi has helped us a lot. We are very grateful to PM Modi and Thanks to Amit Shah.“I want to become a teacher and educate the women living in this area,” she said. “When we came here 10 years ago, we did not have citizenship. We faced difficulties in entry.” Had our children (in school) Now our children will get proper education and our future will be bright,” said another refugee from Pakistan who obtained citizenship through CAA.
On March 11 this year, as the Union Home Ministry notified the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), days before the announcement of the Lok Sabha election schedule, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla handed over citizenship certificates to some applicants in New Delhi. On 15 May.Certificates were physically handed over to 14 applicants seeking citizenship and several other applicants were issued digitally signed certificates through email. The rules envisage the manner of application form, procedure for processing the applications by the District Level Committee (DLC). ) and Scrutiny and Grant of Citizenship by the State Level Empowered Committee (EC), in pursuance of these rules, applications have been received from persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities, according to an official release. District Level Committees (DLCs) headed by Senior Postal Superintendents have administered the oath on successful verification of documents from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014 due to persecution or fear of persecution on grounds of religion. After processing the applicants as per the integrity rules, the DLC has forwarded the applications to the State Level Empowered Committee headed by the Director (Census Operations).The processing of applications is done entirely through the online portal.
