Leaders Online Desk: Before the Lok Sabha elections, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been implemented in the country. The central government issued a notification in this regard on Monday evening. Opposition to the new law has also started in some states of the country. But along with this, Seema Haider, who came to India from Pakistan, has celebrated with her family, thanking the government for this law.
In Uttar Pradesh's Noida, Seema Haider distributed rasgulla to celebrate the implementation of 'CAA'. Haider and her family carried the tricolor flag, posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Radhe-Radhe'. “Today the government has implemented CAA in our country. We are very happy about it. Congratulations to the Government of India for this. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled what he promised,” she told news agency PTI.
'I too will get citizenship soon'
“I also hope to get citizenship soon. For this, I will remain indebted to Prime Minister Modi and his government,” Seema Haider said. On this occasion, Seema, her children and Sachin's family shouted slogans of 'Yogi, Modi ki Jai'.
VIDEO | Seema Haider, the Pakistani woman who entered India illegally to marry a man she met online, celebrates with her family in UP's Noida after the Center announces the implementation of CAA.
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Opposition to CAA by West Bengal, Kerala Govt
West Bengal and Kerala governments have opposed the CAA. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she has just seen the rules, something will be said only after seeing the rules. However, he explained that we will not accept discrimination on the basis of religion, caste and language. According to the new law, the Modi government on Monday sealed the decision to grant Indian citizenship to the victimized and persecuted Hindus of Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, as well as religious minorities such as Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and Christians from those countries.
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