NEW DELHI : The demand for grant of Indian citizenship to minority Hindus from Pakistan who have migrated and living in bordering districts of Rajasthan for several years was raised in the Lok Sabha today. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, P P Choudhary of the BJP said a large number of minority Hindu families from Pakistan entered India in wake of atrocities and presently had been living in some pockets in Jodhpur, Barmer and Bikaner districts for several years. Mr Choudhary demanded that the government should look into their plight and should take steps to accord them Indian citizenship.
“A comprehensive survey be conducted for ascertaining the status and situation of these migrant families,” he said.
Kothapalli Geetha of YSRCP raised the issue of separate high court for Andhra Pradesh as the High Court in Hyderabad was due to be given to newly carved out state of Telangana. “Until the setting up of new and separate high court for Andhra Pradesh, both the states are to share the present high court and hence it should be ensured that issues and interests of her state prevailed equally in the present set up,” Ms Geetha said.
She expressed concerns over ‘discriminatory survey of settlers’ by the Telangana government saying there were apprehensions among people of Andhra Pradesh settled in the newly carved state.
Kirit Somaiya of the BJP spoke on the issue of drought in Marathwada region of Maharashtra and demanded immediate grant of relief from the Centre to the affected farmers. He also urged for sending a central team for assessing the loss of crops in the scarcity-hit pockets.
(AGENCIES)
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