3 Sodha Hindu refugees from Pakistan given citizenship in a function in Morbi

Morbi: Three Pakistani Hindu youths who had fled to India over a decade ago with their families, were today given Indian citizenship here today.

Har Singh Sodha, Sarup Singh Sodha and Parbat Singh Sodha, had fled to India from their native in Mithi area of Tharparkar district in the Sindh province of Pakistan way back in 2007 and were settled in Vavadi village of Morbi district.

Former Union Minister and Rajkot BJP MP Mohan Kundaria handed over Indian Citizenship certificate to them. On the occasion he said that the process to grant Indian citizenship to around 1000 such Pakistani Hindu refugees settled in Morbi would be expedited.

On the occasion the trio who got Indian citizenship, said that they were very happy to get the Indian citizenship.

‘We had left Pakistan due to persecution and were living in India since 2007 and when in 2014 Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India, I became confident that the day was not far when we and others like us will get the Indian citizenship,’ Sarup Sodha said.

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