Kerala's Leader of the Opposition VD Satheesan on Tuesday attacked the Union government for implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), saying that the step is to divide the country and reap political benefits in the coming Lok Sabha election.
Tamil Nadu's main opposition party, AIADMK, conducted a human chain protest in Nagapattinam on Tuesday, alleging failure on the part of the DMK government in the state to contain the alleged widespread narcotics trade in the state.
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.
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of the CAA and denouncing the act as 'unconstitutional,' Congress MP Shashi Tharoor affirmed that it would be repealed if the INDIA alliance assumes power.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
In a sharp critique, Shiv Sena (UBT) Spokesperson Anand Dubey questioned the timing of the recent Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) notification, suggesting that the government had a decade to introduce it.
Telangana Chief Minister and TPCC President A Revanth Reddy hit out at the opposition parties, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and accused them of conspiring to dethrone the Congress Government.
Union Minister of State Nityanand Rai targeted the opposition and said, "INDIA alliance is an alliance of corrupt people, scammers and those who usurp the rights of the poor."
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday alleged that the BJP-led government is misusing agencies like Enforcement Directorate to create fear among the opposition and called ED the "supporting party" of BJP.
Himachal Pradesh Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur on Sunday said that it is very unfortunate that the MLA who supported the BJP candidate for Rajya Sabha is being harassed by registering a case against him.
Imran Khan's party leader Omar Ayub has voiced strong opposition to Asif Ali Zardari's election as president, urging that it be declared null and void, ARY News reported on Saturday.