In the midst of India’s ongoing exodus from Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Sunday that the Citizenship Amendment Act was critical.
“Recent developments in our dangerous neighborhood, as well as the manner Sikhs and Hindus are going through a difficult time, are precisely why the Citizenship Amendment Act was required,” the minister tweeted.
A special evacuation flight by the Indian Air Force reached the Hindon airbase on Sunday carrying 168 passengers, including former Afghanistan parliamentarians who thanked the Indian government for the evacuation. Arindam Bagchi, the official spokesperson of the external affairs ministry, posted a video of the evacuation where the evacuees can be seen chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ inside the aircraft.
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