Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader Mangal Prabhat Lodha expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday as the Union Home Ministry notified rules for implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and said that people who had to tolerate
Senior CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat attacked the central government on Tuesday after the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). "It changes the definition of citizenship and links it to religion," she said.
The ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) launched strong demonstrations against the centre's decision to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.
The President of Assam Mahila Congress Mira Borthakur came out strongly against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) by the BJP-led Central government. "We are against this religious polarization," she said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that Congress always opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) due to the appeasement and vote bank politics adding that Constitution drafters at the time of country's independence had promised refugees who leave Bangladesh, Afghanistan and
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday declared that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) would not be implemented in the southern Indian state.
Amid chaos in the national capital over the implementation of CAA, the Delhi police along with the Central Paramilitary force held a flag march Delhi's Jagat Puri and Khureji Khas areas.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the timing of its decision to notify the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), saying that she doubts the legality of CAA and she said that there is no clarity from the side of the Central government.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. He said, "Those who could not come to India at the time of partition and were persecuted on the basis of religion in these different countries."
A day after the central government implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) across the country, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "CAA is not against the minority of the country."
Backing the opposition's move to approach the Supreme Court over the enforcement of the CAA and denouncing the act as 'unconstitutional,' Congress MP Shashi Tharoor affirmed that it would be repealed if the INDIA alliance assumes power.
"The government intends to end the voting rights of crores of Muslims through NRC. The next step of CAA is NRC. This is just a tactic to distract the people and an election stunt. We have no objection to people being given citizenship but why has religion been defined in that?" ST Hassan sai