GUWAHATI: Union Minister of State for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya on December 20, handed over citizenship certificates issued by the Government of India to 7 Pakistani refugees in Gujarat.
According to reports, the minister met the Pakistani refugees and said that the Citizenship Amendment Act will provide a new opportunity in life to the minorities who faced religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, several parts of the country is protesting over the Citizenship Amendment Act and at least six people protesting against a new citizenship law have been killed in clashes in various parts of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and five in Assam, according to police.
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