Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that about 1,500 people who came to India after facing religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were living in Haryana, and they can now be given citizenship because of the new law.
"Around 1,500 people belonging to different minority communities of these three countries have been living in Haryana. Out of these 1,500, there is only one Muslim family," Khattar told reporters.
Khattar said these people, living at several places including Fatehabad and Rohtak districts, have applied for Indian citizenship. "Earlier there was no provision and but now they can be given citizenship."
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