Pakistan’s Seema Haider hails PM Modi for CAA

Noida: Pakistani nationwide Seema Haider, who illegally entered India along with her 4 kids final yr and now lives in Larger Noida, on Monday lauded the Centre’s transfer to inform the principles of implementation of the Citizenship (Modification) Act.

Haider, who claims to have adopted Hinduism and married Larger Noida resident Sachin Meena, additionally hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the choice and claimed that the CAA would assist her get Indian citizenship.

Nonetheless, Haider is not going to be a direct beneficiary of the CAA, which was handed by Parliament to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who got here to India earlier than December 31, 2014.

“The Indian authorities has carried out the Citizenship (Modification) Act right now in our nation. We’re very blissful about it and congratulate the federal government for it. Actually, what Modi ji has achieved what he had promised. I can be indebted to them all through my life and maintain thanking them,” Haider stated in a video message the place she stood together with Sachin and three of her 4 kids.

“On this blissful event, I congratulate my brother advocate A P Singh for his work as now my citizenship-related obstacles would even be eliminated with this regulation,” the Pakistani nationwide stated, earlier than signing off with salutations of ‘Jai Shri Ram’, ‘Radhe Radhe’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.

Advocate Singh additionally hailed the Centre’s announcement and stated the choice would assist folks of various religions from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who had been dealing with citizenship-related issues in India.

“It is a large day for the individuals who had been persecuted in these nations and by some means managed a residing right here (India),” Singh stated.

Notably, final month Haider’s Pakistani husband Ghulam Haider employed an Indian lawyer to hunt the custody of their 4 kids.

Seema, who hails from Jacobabad in Pakistan’s Sindh province, in Could final yr took her kids and left her house in Karachi to journey to India by way of Nepal. She captured the headlines in July when Indian authorities discovered her residing with Indian nationwide (now her husband) Sachin Meena in Larger Noida.

The Centre on Monday carried out the Citizenship (Modification) Act, 2019, notifying the principles 4 years after the contentious regulation was handed by Parliament to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who got here to India earlier than December 31, 2014.

With the disclosing of the principles that got here days forward of the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, the Modi authorities will now begin granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants — Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians — from the three nations. The foundations comes into drive with rapid impact, in accordance with a Gazette notification.