Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Wednesday, saying that the PM will enable the citizens of the country to get their identity.

Taking to his official X handle, Anurag Thakur posted, "Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian sisters and brothers who came to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan due to religious persecution have started getting Indian citizenship from today under the CAA law."