"Why Citizenship Law Was Necessary": Union Minister On Afghan Crisis

Passed in December 2019, the CAA provides for citizenship for non-Muslim minorities from Muslim-majority countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they fled due to religious persecution and entered India before 2015.

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri today cited the evacuations from Afghanistan to back the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, which set off an escalating string of protests around the country in which. Nearly 100 people had died in police firing and related violence. The law allows citizenship to persecuted non-Muslims who reached India before 2015. Recent developments in our volatile neighbourhood & the way Sikhs & Hindus are going through a harrowing time are precisely why it was necessary to enact the Citizenship Amendment Act.#CAA#Sikhshttps://t.co/5Lyrst3nqc via @IndianExpress "Recent developments in our volatile neighbourhood & the way Sikhs & Hindus are going through a harrowing time are precisely why it was necessary to enact the Citizenship Amendment Act," Mr Puri tweeted. Earlier today, 168 people, 28 of them Afghan nationals including two senators desperate to flee the Taliban, landed in India. The government has promised help to Hindus and Sikhs from Afghanistan, as well as its friends in the country who need help.