Wiping off the misled sections about new law, pro-CAA rally held in Maharashtra's Akola notes worth

Akola, December 30: A well-attended pro-Citizenship Amendment Act rally was held in Akola in Maharashtra on Sunday with speakers at the event claiming some sections of society were being misled about the new law.

 

The rally, organised by the Rashtriya Suraksha Manch, started from Mungilal Bajoria School here and culminated with a public gathering near the Collectorate. "The Citizenship Amendment Act is not against anybody. It does not take away the citizenship of anybody," Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha MP from Akola Sanjay Dhotre said.

 

The CAA seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees who came to India before December 31, 2014, to escape religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

 

All those legal migrants whose travel documents are complete, including the aforementioned minority communities from three countries were and are and will continue to be eligible to apply for Indian citizenship if they fulfil the qualifications laid down in The Citizenship Act, 1955.

 

The CAA has not changed this situation whatsoever. Only some migrants from the aforesaid communities and countries will benefit from the CAA if they have incomplete or no documents or their documents have expired and they have taken shelter in India because of persecution on grounds of religion up to December 2014.