Citizenship for the Urdu-speaking
Mahabub Alam Khan / Driknews
Three lakh Urdu-speaking people have been declared citizens of Bangladesh. Thanks a lot to the caretaker government, people and the judiciary. Although born and educated on the soil of Bangladesh, I used to feel bad for not having my legal citizenship. My Bangladeshi brothers never reminded me that I was not a citizen of this country, even then I always felt that I am not a legal citizen of this country. This is of course a great day for everyone of us who can feel the meaning of citizenship. Most of the people who have been given citizenship were born in Bangladesh, as only a small section of the original migrants is still alive, after 61 years of partition of India. This decision could not be taken earlier as some of the Urdu-speaking people were demanding repatriation to Pakistan, but Pakistan never accepted them as its nationals. It is disgusting that some people are still reluctant to accept this offer. Those who are still claiming themselves as citizens of another country should be asked to leave Bangladesh.
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