“132 Hindu doctors who came from Pakistan obtained Indian citizenship because of the CAA, and have been registered as full time medical practitioners”
What FACTLY found
Firstly, the central government has not yet framed rules under the CAA. Hence, it unlikely that these 132 Pakistanis acquired the Indian citizenship under the CAA, as claimed. Further, the news article referred in the post mentioned that some of them have come to India in 2000s and acquired the Indian citizenship in 2016, before the introduction of CAA. Lastly, as per Citizenship Act of 1955, not just a Pakistani but any other national, belonging to any religion could acquire the Indian citiz...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 July 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 July 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.