Aranghata (Nadia): Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday announced that all eligible applicants under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), who migrated to India before Dec 31, 2014 would be issued citizenship certificates by Dec 31 this year.Addressing a Kali Puja inauguration programme organised by a local club at Aranghata in Nadia, Adhikari specifically referred to pending applications from Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts. He said around 2.5 lakh applications were pending in the two districts and assured that citizenship certificates would be issued to all eligible applicants by the year-end.The CM also announced a plan to spend Rs 1,000 crore over the next two years on the renovation and restoration of old maths and temples under a project named ‘Tirthakshetra Circuit’.
