<span style="color: #222222;">Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the Citizenship Amendment Act has been brought only to give citizenship to certain persecuted sections.<br />'' <br />'' Addressing a seminar on the subject organised by the Chennai Citizens Forum in the city, she said even in the past people from certain neighbouring countries who migrated to India have been given citizenship after making similar amendments.<br />'' <br />'' She has stressed that the present amendment does not deprive any people of India of citizenship.</span><br />''