Pakistani woman Seema Haider celebrates as CAA rules notified, but will she get Indian citizenship?

Pakistani national Seema Haider, who illegally entered India with her four children last year and married Indian national Sachin Meena, has lauded the Centre's move to notify the rules of implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and claimed that the CAA would help her get Indian citizenship.

"The Indian government has implemented the Citizenship (Amendment) Act today in our country. We are very happy about it and congratulate the government for it. Truly, what Modi ji has done what he had promised. I will be indebted to them throughout my life and keep thanking them," Haider said in a video message where she stood along with Sachin and three of her four children.

"On this happy occasion, I congratulate my brother advocate A P Singh for his work as now my citizenship-related obstacles would also be removed with this law," the Pakistani national said, before signing off with salutations of "Jai Shri Ram", "Radhe Radhe" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai".

However, Haider won't directly benefit from the CAA, enacted by Parliament to expedite citizenship for undocumented migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, provided they are non-Muslims and arrived in India before December 31, 2014.