All India Chakma Social Forum has sought Central government's intervention for grant of citizenship rights to Chakma migrants. A delegation of Chakma community called on Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Dr Jitendra Singh in New Delhi yesterday and submitted a memorandum in this regard. <br/><br/>The delegation said they have been denied citizenship for almost half a century. The signatories to the memorandum requested for designating two special officers in the Home Ministry to address the issues raised by them and ensure early redressal. They said during the 1964-68, around 15 thousand Chakmas had fled from the Chittagong Hill tracts of the then East Pakistan to escape the oppression of Pakistani rulers. <br/><br/>After migration to India, they settled in the then Northeastern Front Agency, currently Arunachal Pradesh. The memorandum also alleged that not a single application of any Chakma migrant has been recommended for grant of citizenship in spite of the applications fulfilling the criteria for the citizenship.