Pain of Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan shows CAA was needed, says Hardeep Singh Puri

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday said the plight of Hindus and Sikhs due to recent developments in India’s neighbourhood shows that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was needed.

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday said the plight of Hindus and Sikhs due to recent developments in India’s neighbourhood shows that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was needed. Quoting a media report on the evacuation of 168 people -- which included 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus -- from Kabul by the Indian Air Force, Hardeep Singh Puri said the religious minorities were going through a “harrowing time”.