19,000 of 1.2 lakh granted citizenship under CAA: CM | Kolkata News
Kolkata: Of the 1.2 lakh Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) applicants in Bengal, 19,000 have already been granted Indian citizenship certificates, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting at Nabanna. He added that those with pending CAA applications would also be considered eligible for the state’s Annapurna Yojana scheme.The CAA, which came into…