New Delhi, Sep 22,2020: A total of 2,120 Pakistanis, 188 Afghans and 99 Bangladeshis were granted Indian citizenship in the last four years, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said a total of 2,729 people of 44 nationalities were granted Indian citizenship from 2017 till September 17, 2020.
Apart from 2,120 Pakistani, 188 Afghanistan and 99 Bangladeshi nationals, as many as 60 American, 58 Sri Lankan, 31 Nepali, 20 British, 19 Malaysian, 14 Canadian and 13 Singapore nationals were also granted Indian citizenship during the same period, he said in a written reply.
Jammu, Sep 22 ,2020: The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued over 18.52 lakh domicile certificates (DCs) against more than 21.99 lakh applications received so far, an official spokesman said here.
As per the consolidated figures from across 20 districts of the Union territory, 21,99,513 people have applied for domicile certificates, of which 20,87,815 were found complete in all respects, while the rest were rejected for want of prescribed documents.
As many as 18,52,355 people have been issued domicile certificates till Monday, and the rest are in process, the spokesman said.
Of the total number of domicile certificates issued in the UT, 16,27,461 were under the clause of Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) holders and their children, while 1,72,565 were under the clause of state subject applicants and non-state subject applicants and their children, the official said.
As many as 34,473 domicile certificates were issued to students, including 24,508 state subjects and 9,870 non-state subjects, and 19,479 to registered migrants and their children, he said.
The total number of DCs issued to non-state subjects stands at 59,993, including 17,978 to West Pakistani Refugees, 1,825 to the Balmiki community and 755 to Gorkhas, he added.
A total of 4,97,238 certificates were issued in Kashmir division and 13,35,643 in Jammu division.
The process of issuing domicile certificates in the Union territory was started in the last week of June, the spokesman said.
Applications for the certificates can be submitted at tehsildar offices and also online.
New Delhi, Sep 21,2020: Congress on Monday has termed the suspension of eight members from the Rajya Sabha as dictatorship of the government, and accused the ruling dispensation of abolishing the MSP system for the farmers, further raising the question over the intention, saying if the intention was right then the granting of MSP should be mentioned in the law.
Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, Communications Chief Randeep Singh Surjewala and Rajya Sabha MP Pratap Singh Bajwa addressing a joint press conference here said that the PM Modi led government was attacking the parliamentary democracy’s structure and alleged that it was adopting dictatorship and the result of the government’s dictatorial attitude is that eight parliamentarians from the opposition have been suspended without any reason, the Congress leaders claimed.
They said that those who have been suspended were raising the voice against the anti-farmer bill, to which the Deputy Chairman did not listen.
Congress leaders further said that when the members of the opposition asked for the division of votes, they were denied the right.
Terming this as ‘dictatorship’, the Congress leaders accused the BJP of destroying the democratic system and taking to dictatorial ways and just doing what it feels right in the House.
The leaders further said that the government claims that the law will not affect MSP and this system will carry on.
However, Congress questioned saying that if the government intention is right, then it must guarantee the farmers regarding the MSP and this must be mentioned in the new law that the farmers will be provided the same and those companies violating the law will be brought to the book.
Congress leaders further alleged that the BJP government’s ‘black’ ordinances are continuously pushing farmers towards slavery.
This government is neither giving a guarantee of MSP, nor is assuring the market value of the harvest in its ordinances, the Congress leaders said.
They accused the BJP of favoring a few capitalists and the government’s anti-farmer decisions are proving to be not less than a death sentence for the farmers.
The tension of the farmers is rising as there is no mention of MSP in any of the two farmer bills passed in the House.
New Delhi, Sep 17,2020: Opposition leaders like Congress’ Ahmed Patel, CPI’s D Raja, CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury, DMK’s Kanimozhi and RJD’s Manoj Jha will meet the president on Thursday to highlight their concerns over the probe into the Delhi riots, a senior leader told PTI.
The leaders will meet President Ram Nath Kovind at 12:30 pm, Raja confirmed.
“We will submit a memorandum regarding the Delhi police’s investigation and inquiry into the Delhi riots and how they are handling the inquiry.
“We will also explain to him what is happening and seek his intervention,” said the CPI general secretary.
In a recent supplementary chargesheet, the Delhi Police, citing statements of those arrested, had named Yechury along with other activists in the case.