Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday said that developments in Afghanistan are the reason why the enactment of the citizenship Amendment Act is necessary. He made the comments after a special Indian Air Force (IAF) repatriation flight ferrying 168 people from Kabul landed at Ghaziabad Hindon airbase. 

Sharing his strong emotion on social media, the Union Minister tweeted, “Recent developments in our volatile neighbourhood and the way Sikhs and Hindus are going through a harrowing time are precisely why it was necessary to enact the Citizenship Amendment Act.” 

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which had been passed on 11 December 2019, aims to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants for six non-Muslim minorities,  from 3 of India's neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, too, had reiterated the ministry's statement, assuring help to members of the Hindu and Sikh communities in Kabul.

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