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CAA ENSURES PERSECUTED BHAGWAN KEDARNATH
MINORITIES FROM PAKISTAN, PILGRIMAGE SITE
BANGLADESH, AFGHANISTAN BECOMES MORE BEAUTIFUL
AND GRAND
GET PROTECTION
n Citizenship Amendment Act removes roadblocks from granting
Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities from Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Apart from it, there are provisions
for those refugees who in any way are not involved in opposing
the constitution may also be granted citizenship on reasonable
grounds. The country has already provided refuge to Bangladeshi One of the dream projects of Prime
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author Taslima Nasreen Minister Narendra Modi to rebuild
n The Central Government took the historic decision to amend the Kedarnath city which was devastated
citizenship law which seeks to address the decades-old problem by a natural calamity seven years ago
of protecting the rights and dignity of persecuted religious is returning back to its full grandeur
minorities in India's neighboring countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh n In 2013 between the night of
and Afghanistan June 16-17 a cloudburst caused

n This historic bill was passed by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on devastating flood and landslide
December 9 and December 11 respectively in 2019. President snatching away thousands of lives
Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to the bill on December 12 of the with an enormous loss to houses and
same year which allows citizenship to persecuted minorities property. This seriously impeded the
consisting of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Zoroastrian and Christian traffic movement as well affecting
communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan the rescue operations

KASHI After wait of five decades peace returns with Bodo Accord
VISHWANATH n In the spirit of 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' the Bodo
CORRIDOR problem was resolved ending over 50 years of
The under-construction instability through various agreements
centre of faith for Hindus n In the accord special care was taken for the territorial
Shri Kashi Vishwanath integrity of Assam and a special package of Rs 1,500
corridor to be Crore was also announced for the development of
completed this year the Bodo region
Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple established by Adi n On the call of Prime Minister Modi more than
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Shankaracharya is an important destination of the 1,615 Bodo militants surrendered to return to the
Hindu faith. Now efforts are going on war footing to mainstream
connect 'Maa Ganga' and 'Kashi Vishwanath' Two decade old Bru-Reang refugee problem resolved
Due to this project, not only its adjoining areas but the The Central Government in a tripartite agreement
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entire Varanasi is witnessing fast change. The brain with Mizoram and Tripura resolved the two-decades-
behind this project is Prime Minister Narendra Modi old Bru-Reang refugee problem
himself under whose inspiration the temple is being n Nearly 34,000 internally displaced people were
restored to full glory settled in Tripura and Rs 600 Crore was given to
With an aim to connect Baba Vishwanath temple Tripura for their rehabilitation and development
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with Ganga Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
foundation stone for the construction of the Shri Undoubtedly when everyone moves with a spirit
Kashi Vishwanath Pilgrimage Project on March 8, of unity then country will certainly progress
2019. Under this project, 24 'Bhawans' spread over which will inspire and guide many generations
an area of 50,261 square metres is being constructed to come.

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