Shutting all discriminatory allegations, India grants citizenship to Pakistan based Muslim woman in J&K

Poonch, December 24: Instigating the youth by spreading venom of misinformation and misleading the masses as the country debates on Citizenship Amendment Act, the government granting Indian Citizenship to a Pakistani woman, married to an Indian man, would have definitely shut many mouths. Boiling in rage alleging the government discriminating on the basis of religion, this granting of citizenship to Pakistani woman in Poonch has given a befitting reply to millions.

 

Khatija Praveen, the wife of Mohammad Taj, was given the certificate of registration for granting Indian citizenship by the district authorities of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. The citizenship was granted on the basis of her marriage to an Indian citizen under section 5(1)(c) of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The duo expressed happiness over the citizenship granted to Praveen.

An official of Jammu and Kashmir administration stated, “The certificate of registration granting Indian citizenship to Khatija Praveen, wife of Mohammad Taj, was handed over to her by District Development Commissioner, Poonch, Rahul Yadav at his office.”

The development comes at a time when widespread protests have hit the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). While students and interest groups have taken to streets, protesting against the act that grants Indian citizenships to non-Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, opposition parties such as Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Left have backed the movement, criticising the move as BJP's 'divisive' politics.

The act, which was passed earlier this month by both the Houses of the Parliament and later given an assent by the President of India grants Indian citizenship to minority groups, which have fled Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh due to religious persecution. The government has, however, maintained that the act is not discriminatory as it has nothing to do with existing citizens of India. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has clarified that the law does not extend Indian citizenship to Muslims from the three countries since they are not minorities in those lands.