国际英语资讯:India grants citizenship to over 3,900 people from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh in 6 ye
<p><span word="NEW">NEW</span> <span word="DELHI">DELHI</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 19-- <span word="India">India</span> <span word="granted">granted</span> <span word="citizenship">citizenship</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="as">as</span> 2,838 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>, 914 <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span>, <span word="and">and</span> 172 <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="Finance">Finance</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Nirmala">Nirmala</span> <span word="Sitharaman">Sitharaman</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="India">India</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="stated">stated</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 400,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="belonging">belonging</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Tamil">Tamil</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Sri">Sri</span> <span word="Lanka">Lanka</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="granted">granted</span> <span word="Indian">Indian</span> <span word="citizenship">citizenship</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1964 <span word="and">and</span> 2008.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="revelations">revelations</span> <span word="assume">assume</span> <span word="significance">significance</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aftermath">aftermath</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Citizenship">Citizenship</span> (<span word="Amendment">Amendment</span>) <span word="Act">Act</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="CAA">CAA</span> 2019, <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parliament">parliament</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CAA">CAA</span> 2019 <span word="has">has</span> <span word="triggered">triggered</span> <span word="intense">intense</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="India">India</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="couple">couple</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="months">months</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Sitharaman">Sitharaman</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 566 <span word="Muslims">Muslims</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>, <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="citizenship">citizenship</span> <span word="till">till</span> 2017. <span word="During">During</span> 2016-18 <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Narendra">Narendra</span> <span word="Modi">Modi</span> <span word="around">around</span> 1,595 <span word="Pakistani">Pakistani</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span> <span word="and">and</span> 391 <span word="Muslims">Muslims</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="citizenship">citizenship</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="Citing">Citing</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="stated">stated</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="Pakistani">Pakistani</span> <span word="singer">singer</span> <span word="Adnan">Adnan</span> <span word="Sami">Sami</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="granted">granted</span> <span word="Indian">Indian</span> <span word="citizenship">citizenship</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2016. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="CAA">CAA</span> 2019 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chennai">Chennai</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tamil">Tamil</span> <span word="Nadu">Nadu</span>.</p>
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