The Government of India confirmed in Parliament that the minorities of Pakistan and Bangladesh will get Indian citizenship even without any valid documents. The government disclosed this to Parliament on Tuesday. Replying to a question on behalf of the government, Union Minister of State for Home Nitinand Rai said that the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, was introduced in the Lok Sabha in the beginning of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, three years ago.  Later, it was sent to the JPC.

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The committee had submitted its report to Parliament on the 7th of This year.  After discussing the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, the Lok Sabha passed it on January 8, 2019. It is still pending in the Rajya Sabha. With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, the Bill was automatically scrapped.

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The citizenship amendment bill, 2019, seeks to grant Indian citizenship to six minority communities in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, a muslim-majority, who are forced to leave their homeland due to religious violence. The Citizenship Bill, 1955, treats such persons as illegal migrants and deprives them of the right to apply for Indian citizenship. This move of the Government will be a great relief to these minority communities.