Gandhinagar: As many as 319 applicants from neighbouring countries residing in Saurashtra and Kutch will receive Indian citizenship certificates at a programme in Rajkot on Thursday.Deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi will preside over the ceremony, which will see 259 beneficiaries from Rajkot, 53 from Morbi, six from Kutch and one from Surendranagar district receive their citizenship certificates, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday.The distribution of citizenship certificates is part of the state govt’s ongoing initiative to grant citizenship to eligible refugees under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The law provides a pathway to Indian citizenship for eligible Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who entered India on or before Dec 31, 2014.
