Bulandshahr, March 13 -- Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said on Wednesday that the Citizenship Amendment Act was in line with the promise given by India's founding fathers to the minorities in Pakistan during the time of India's partition.

"Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad and Dr. Manmohan Singh--everyone promised citizenship to persecuted minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh. This promise was first made in 1947," Khan told reporters here.

He said that he did not want to comment on the political controversy surrounding the CAA.

Khan said that there were several media reports about the forced conversion and forced marriage inflicted on minority communities in Pakistan.

In Kerala, both the ruling Left De...