There is a lot of discussion about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) before the Lok Sabha 2024 elections. The Central Government has issued its notification and implemented it in the entire country, after which the refugees who came to India before 2014 from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are applying for citizenship. However, in the meantime, an organization associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Rajasthan has started issuing eligibility certificates for citizenship to such citizens.
A camp was set up by the organization in an area near the Pakistan border.
A camp has been organized near the Pakistan border by an organization called Seemajan Kalyan Samiti in Rajasthan, helping around 330 people from Jaisalmer, Barmer and Jodhpur in Rajasthan to upload their documents on the citizenship portal Indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in launched by the Home Ministry. Getting help to do so. cases. Specifically, the CAA grants citizenship to members of six persecuted non-Muslim communities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Being a registered institution, it can issue certificates: Vikram Singh Rajpurohit
'Mandatory certificate issued by a reputed community organization at the local level', which has to be uploaded on the CAA portal along with other documents along with the affidavit. Lawyer Vikram Singh Rajpurohit associated with the committee says that since it is a registered organization, it can issue the certificate. Rajpurohit further said that 'One of our ministers, Tribhuvan Singh Rathod, is signing the eligibility certificate, we are a community based organisation.'
Application for granting citizenship has started
A photo posted on the committee's social media page said the organization was organizing a 'free citizenship application camp' in Jaisalmer. Rajpurohit said, 'There are many people who came to India before 2010 but have not got citizenship yet. There are about five to six thousand such people in Jodhpur alone. It is noteworthy that under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), applications have started for granting citizenship to non-Muslims who came to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh before 2014.