17 - Sep - 2020

14 documents are not enough to prove Indian Citizenship.

Wide spread protests are taking place throughout the country against the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), NPR (National Population Register) and the NRC (National Register for Citizens). However, many of us are thinking that we are not going to be affected. But, what has happened to a woman in Assam should open our eyes.

 

Jabeda Begum had submitted 14 documents, including her PAN Card, Ration Card, two bank passbooks, voter lists where her name, along with the names of her parents and grandparents are there. Still, the Tribunal and the Guwahati High Court have rejected her citizenship.

[Source: Times of India dated 20.02.2020]