Khanna: Hindu families from Pakistan,
living in Punjab for the past several
years, on Monday demanded
citizenship rights to vote in the
January 30 state assembly election.
"In the absence of any citizenship
rights, we have no ration cards,
licences, voter cards, homes and
employment. We face problems
everywhere," said a Pak Hindu, now
settled here.
He demanded Indian citizenship to
vote in the Punjab assembly election
saying "we consider India as our
motherland."
Fruit vendor Pujari Lal, also a
Pakistani Hindu, said he and his family
members want to participate in the
electoral process but they were not
eligible to vote.
Some families, living in Rajpura, say
they are still fighting for citizenship
rights and are not allowed to leave the
town without the permission of police.
"They entered India with valid travel
documents, but refused to return home citing ill-treatment in Pakistan and the court has given them stay," a Rajpura police official said.
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