Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. File | Picture Credit score: ANI
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday (December 11, 2025) gave away citizenship certificates to 35 individuals, who’ve migrated from Bangladesh to India below Citizenship (Modification) Act 2019.
Now, whole 51 individuals have been granted citizenship below CAA in Odisha whereas 1100 functions are below course of.
In accordance with Directorate of Census, all 35 individuals who obtained citizenship certificates belonged to Hindu faith. Most of them had fled from Bangladesh once they have been subjected to torture on the hand of Muslim majority there.
“I don’t know below which circumstances we have been compelled to depart Bangladesh. What my dad and mom, who’re useless now, mentioned Muslims resorted to genocide in retaliation to Babri Masjid demolition in 1992. All in Hindu majority neighborhood have been compelled to vary their faith. If anybody protested, they have been persecuted and ladies have been subjected to sexual assault,” mentioned Paritosh Sarkar, 37, who together with youthful brother and elder sister, obtained certificates from Mr. Majhi.
After fleeing to Umarkote in southern Odisha district of Nabrangpur through Kolkata, these siblings have been settled down and married into Hindu Bengali emigrants who have been settled in Odisha and erstwhile Madhya Pradesh after independence.
Equally, Kiran Mandal, 27, is fortunate as he has been granted citizenship whereas his brother and mom couldn’t fulfill the district and State stage committees with their paperwork. Their functions are being studied additional.
Southern Odisha districts of Malkangiri and Nabarangpur are prepared deal with for the Bangladeshi emigrants.
Numerous Hindu Bengali emigrants had entered India in Nineteen Fifties from East Pakistan once they confronted excessive diploma of discrimination, persecution and harassment. They landed in West Bengal. Nevertheless, the West Bengal authorities then couldn’t deal with giant inflow of Bengali emigrants. The Heart had then chosen sparsely populated Dandakaranya area of Madhya Pradesh (now Chhattisgarh) and Odisha for his or her resettlement. Complete 280 villages have been arrange in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts.
Since then each time there was any drawback in Bangladesh, Hindu Bangladeshi emigrants knocked the door of their kinfolk settled in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur.
As per the principles of Citizenship Modification Act, 2019 notified March 11, 2024, people belonging to minority communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan who entered India on or earlier than December 31, 2014 have been deemed eligible for Indian citizenship.
Welcoming the brand new residents at a particular program collectively organized by the Directorate of Census Operations, Odisha, and the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs, Mr. Majhi mentioned, “you at the moment are a part of our future. Your security, dignity, and improvement are our duty and responsibility. I welcome you as residents of India.” The CAA-2019 is sacred legislation which is hope and assurance for persecuted minorities, he mentioned.
“In our nation, minorities have the energy and area to boost their voices. However when minorities in neighboring nations face persecution, those self same voices stay silent. In the present day, nevertheless, this mindset is altering. The follow of selectively favoring just one faith within the title of secularism has come to an finish. Discrimination on the idea of faith not exists within the nation. Within the eyes of the legislation, everyone seems to be equal. The Citizenship Modification Act is a profitable implementation. of this precept,” mentioned Mr. Majhi.
Printed – December 12, 2025 02:40 am IST