India handed out citizenship papers to 36 people from Bangladesh under their Citizenship Amendment Act, with Odisha taking 35 applicants and Assam processing one woman who married a local guy. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi ran a ceremony for the new citizens while explaining how the law protects religious minorities who fled persecution, and all 35 recipients from his state turned out to be Hindu migrants who crossed over before the 2014 cutoff date.
The Assam case involved a 40-year-old woman from Sribhumi district who came to India back in 2007 for medical treatment at Silchar, met someone at the hospital, got married, and settled down with a kid. Lawyer Dharmananda Deb mentioned she qualified through registration rules that let spouses of Indian citizens apply after seven years of residence, even though her family still lives in Chattogram.
Odisha has about 1,100 more applications sitting in verification, while its total approved cases hit 51 people under the act that targets non-Muslim refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
The Assam case involved a 40-year-old woman from Sribhumi district who came to India back in 2007 for medical treatment at Silchar, met someone at the hospital, got married, and settled down with a kid. Lawyer Dharmananda Deb mentioned she qualified through registration rules that let spouses of Indian citizens apply after seven years of residence, even though her family still lives in Chattogram.
Odisha has about 1,100 more applications sitting in verification, while its total approved cases hit 51 people under the act that targets non-Muslim refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
