The Centre will grant citizenship to all Chakma and Hajong refugees living in the Northeast but without diluting ST status and rights of indigenous people. <br/><br/>The issue of Chakma-Hajong refugee came up for discussion today at a high level meeting convened by Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.<br/><br/>The meeting was attended by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.<br/><br/>Talking to reporters after the meeting, Mr Rijiju said, a middle path will be chosen so that 2015 Supreme Court order to grant citizenship to Chakma-Hajong refugees could be honoured and the rights of the local population are not diluted.<br/><br/>Several organisations and civil society in Arunachal Pradesh have been opposing citizenship to the Chakma and Hajong refugees saying it would change the demography of the state.<br/><br/>Mr Rijiju blamed the Congress for the current situation, saying that the then government had settled the refugees in Arunachal Pradesh without taking the local people into confidence.