New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Thursday handed over Indian citizenship certificates to 122 migrants from Pakistan, while Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi distributed certificates to 35 people from Bangladesh under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) in Ahmedabad and Bhubaneswar, respectively.

In Gujarat, 73 others were handed over certificates as they had applied for it at the Ahmedabad district collector's office, according to PTI citing officials.

Sanghavi expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for implementing the CAA, emphasising that minorities in Pakistan and neighboring countries have long faced hardships and threats to their sec...