Amritsar : The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has welcomed the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 after the centre notified rules on Monday.
“I welcome the decision which is taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is a good decision for Sikhs whose religion was converted in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh,” said Gurcharan Singh Grewal, spokesperson of SGPC.
Earlier the Congress opposed the CAA notification claiming that the BJP just wanted to polarise the elections.
Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh said, ” Why are you considering only Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan? Why did you not include Sri Lanka? There are several such questions. But my question is why did you take 4 years and 3 months? Why did the rule not come earlier?…Now, when there is an atmosphere of elections in West Bengal and Assam – to create polarisation there, this has been done…They have just one goal, polarisation at the tine of election…Hum Ram pujari hain, wo Ram vyapari hain. I have two ‘Ram’ in my name, we are all devotees of Lord Ram.”
Meanwhile, Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 enable persons eligible under CAA-2019 to apply for the grant of Indian citizenship and applications will be submitted in a completely online mode for which a web portal has been provided by the government.