Nearly 100 Indian Muslims as pakistani Nationals live here in Malappuram D.T Kerala, they will soon be thrown out of the country.WHERE?
most of them received 'quit India' notices from the police. But these old, ailing Malayalee men are putting up a bitter battle. Their argument: "We have the right to live and die in our motherland."
"Where can I go at this age? Haven't I got the right to live and die in my own homeland?" laments 78-year-old V Ahamed.
Ahamed suffers from rheumatism, diabetes, blood pressure and kidney disorders and can barely walk. Yet, every Monday, he travels from Pookkottur village to the office of the superintendent of police in Malappuram town. There he signs on a register titled 'For Pakistan nationals.'
Poverty and ignorance have made these men 'anti-national' elements in their native country.
Their crime?
They born in India they Speak malayalamthey used to go to other parts of then undivided India in search of better jobs. Karachi, which offered good prospects in beedi making, betel trade and hotel jobs, was an ideal destination. Mired in poverty and unemployment, Today, they are the nowhere people. Both India and Pakistan refuse to acknowledge them as their citizens. Yet, none of them want to return to Pakistan.
They continue to live in their native villages on the basis of a court order. The Council for Social Justice, a voluntary group that took up the cases of these Pakistani nationals, filed an affidavit in court seeking permission to allow them to stay on in Malappuram. The court temporarily permitted them to live in their respective villages provided they go to the Malappuram superintendent of police's office every week and sign the 'For Pakistan nationals' register. The police issued residential permits to facilitate their stay in India.
"It is better to die rather than live like a Pakistani citizen in the village I was born," Ahamed laments. His attempts to become an Indian citizen has thus far proved futile. In 1999, he submitted an application to the Union home ministry pleading that he be provided Indian citizenship. "I am told I lost my Indian citizenship because I worked in Karachi for many years. But do Indians working in Gulf New York or London lose their citizenship?" he asks.
"They have suffered tremendously at the hands of Indian and Pakistani soldiers. It is cruel that they continue to be persecuted by the Indian authorities," says advocate K Mohandas, president of the Council for Social Justice. He points out that, as per the Indian Citizenship Act Section 9 (2), these Pakistani nationals have every right to get Indian citizenship. "But it is unlikely to happen since the Indian government considers them Pakistani spies
Manayam Pally Abdul Muneer
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After I watch the movie "PARADESI" I really feel sorry for these People
Touching article...the authorities should wake up.
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