Assam CM notifies on citizenship application under CAA, only 8 applied & two appeared for interview

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently spoke about NRC draft of 2019 where number of applicants were left out including Bengali Hindus. The Bengali Hindus community has refused to take route of Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) as they have legal documents to prove themselves as Indian citizens said the Assam CM.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma notified, “We thought a large number of people would apply for citizenship through the CAA. But as of today, only eight Bengali Hindus have applied and only two of them have appeared for the interview. Our party workers carried out an outreach programme to encourage the Bengali Hindus to apply under the CAA but most of them refused.”