We hope that we will be able to get the civil rights as the Citizen Amendment law has been passed," Rajesh Kumar told India Today TV.ĪMARINDER SINGH'S STATEMENT LEAVES PAKISTANI HINDUS HIGH AND DRY Our children are safe here but being the citizens of another country makes our lives difficult. Her 18-year-old daughter Hina is also looking for a job to support the family. Rajesh's wife Ramleela works in a local Gurdwara where she managed to earn Rs 4,500. He spends nearly Rs 5,000 every year on renewal of five visas and has spent over Rs 60,000 on the same in the past 13 years. Half of his earnings are spent on house rent. Rajesh sells vegetables on a cycle cart and earns up to Rs 10,000 per month. He came to Jalandhar along with his wife Ramleela (35) and three children - a daughter and two sons. Rajesh hails from Orakzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Like the families of Kamla and Chanda, the family of Rajesh Kumar (38) is also living in Jalandhar since 2007. Passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will at least make the lives of her children easy as, she said, "they will get opportunities to get government jobs". I was also subjected to the step-motherly treatment in my school in Pakistan," Chanda said.Ĭhanda said that she and her other family members have spent half of their lives waiting for the citizenship rights. My brother said we can leave Pakistan but not our religion. "Religion was very dear to us as this is our cultural identity. Chanda also stitches footballs and earns Rs 30 a day.
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Her husband works as a driver and has three school-going children (two daughters and a son). They came to Jalandhar on a tourist visa in 2001. Kamla Devi's relative Chanda (35) and her family was also compelled to leave their house in Pakistan. According to Kamla, Hindus watch Indian television channels to find out the festival details and at times celebrate Diwali the next day after the celebrations in India are over.
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Narrating the plight of Hindus in Pakistan, Kamla Devi said they are also compelled not to celebrate their festivals including Diwali. They do not allow us to perform religious rites," Kamla Devi told India Today TV. Our children are forced to sit on separate benches in Pakistani government schools. Hindus are subjected to atrocities and religious, and racial indiscrimination. "The reason which forced us to leave Sialkot was religious persecution. She recollects the circumstances which compelled her family to leave Sialkot, Pakistan with tears in her eyes. She may have enjoyed the freedom as a woman in India during the past 13 years but sustaining the family income is tough.
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Despite using glasses, Kamla Devi is not able to thread-the-needle and has to request others to do it. She is not able to stitch more than four balls a day as she said, it is painful and stressful. She earns Rs 6 from stitching one football. Kamla Devi works as casual labour and stitches footballs to make both ends meet. As the husband is a senior citizen, the financial responsibility now lies with Kamla Devi. She lost her eldest son recently who was shouldering the family responsibility. Some Pakistani immigrants live in Khanna and Pathankot towns.įifty-two-year-old Kamla Devi left Sialkot way back in 2006 with husband Kala Ram (60) and four children including two daughters. Thirty Hindu-Sikh families live in Amritsar city. There are 350 Hindu immigrants currently living in various localities of Jalandhar city in Punjab.