Date: 15/06/2015
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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:30:05 -0400
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Subject: 4,300 Hindus, Sikhs from Pakistan, Afghanistan get Indian citizenship
Dear Friends,
Please see the enclosed news.
India gave shelter to refugees fleeing oppression from world over. To Jews when the Romans burnt the temple built by King Solomon. To Zorastrians in Persia when attacked by Mohammedan invaders. Recently to people of Tibet. Now the fate has it India's own people, Hindus of Kashmir or other parts now called Pakistan or Bangladesh , all Moslem majority areas, are now refugees in their own country. The fate of displaced Hindus from Pakistan and B'desh hanged in limbo for a long time with priority given to those who can swell vote banks, rather than to take care of suffering of those who were caught on wrong side of border for no fault of their own . Fortunately there is improvement in this intolerable situation thanks to people of India and democracy which changed government in May 2014.
For taking prompt measures in this humanitarian endeavor Sri Narendra Modi's led government deserves congratulations, best wishes, support and all the success. In fact if any Hindu still caught in wrong side of Radcliff line gets automatically Indian citizenship for asking which should become his or her right, for their ancestry and origin was India, they did not ask for partition but was inflicted on them with no regard to their safety or well being, then it will also do an immense good to humanity . Neither nation of India nor the Government should disown own people. Israel extends this facility to all Jews anywhere in the world. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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4,300 Hindus, Sikhs from Pakistan, Afghanistan get Indian citizenship
FROM THE NEWSPAPER Dawb— UPDATED about 11 hours ago
There are around 200,000 Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan currently living in India. —Online/File
There are around 200,000 Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan currently living in India. —Online/File
There are around 200,000 Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan currently living in India. —AFP/file
NEW DELHI: As a first step to granting Indian nationality to some 200,000 refugees from neighbouring countries, the BJP-led government has given citizenship to around 4,300 Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan and Afghanistan in one year, according to sources.
During the entire tenure of the previous government, the figure stood at 1,023. The refugees have been given citizenship on the initiative of Home Minister Rajnath Singh following BJP’s declared policy that India is a “natural home for persecuted Hindus” who will be welcome to seek refuge.
During his election campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that Pakistani and Bangladeshi Hindu refugees would be treated like any other Indian citizen.
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There are around 200,000 Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan currently living in India.
Since the Modi government assumed charge in May 2014, nearly 19,000 refugees have been given long-term visas in Madhya Pradesh. Around 11,000 long-term visas were given in Rajasthan and another 4,000 in Gujarat, official sources said.
In April, the home ministry had unveiled an online system for submission of applications for long-term visas.
The decision has been taken to address the hardship being faced by the refugees who come to India with the intention to settle permanently.
There are about 400 settlements for refugees from Pakistan in cities like Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Jaipur. Hindu refugees from Bangladesh mostly live in West Bengal and northeastern states. Sikh refugees mostly live in Punjab, Delhi and Chandigarh.
By arrangement with the Times of India
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