Saibali and Abdul Aziz at the Dinhata camp are among the lucky few who got Aadhaar cards. Apart from approaching local district officials, the people who received citizenship rights after decades of living in a “stateless condition” have approached the Prime Minister. “I have written to the Prime Minister on March 23, urging him that these families be given small pieces of land. Forty-seven families in the Mekhliganj camp raise similar demands, and met district officials, giving them a memorandum on the issue. “I also feel that these families should be given small patches of land.

Source: The Hindu March 28, 2017 18:56 UTC