The Hindu:
Chandigarh: Thursday, 05 March 2020.
It
says the query can be directed to the Election Commission
The
Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Haryana does not have records pertaining to
proof of citizenship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, his Cabinet
colleagues and the Governor.
A
Panipat-based activist last month sought information on the proof of
citizenship of the Chief Minister, all the Ministers in the State Cabinet and
the Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. He
had asked for their citizenship certificates or attested copies of documents
that would prove their Indian citizenship.
In
reply to this query on February 17, the Secretariat said, “While returning your
(P.P. Kapoor) letter, we would like to inform that the Chief Minister’s
secretariat branch doesn’t have any such record available with it. The
information sought by you might be available with the Election Commission.
Hence, you may get in touch with the Election Commission for the relevant
information.”
Mr.
Khattar recently said at a press conference that a total of 1,500 applications
had been received in Haryana for citizenship from people who had come to India
after facing religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and
were living in the State. He had added that they could be given citizenship
under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
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