Mumbai: Former Maharashtra CM and current state government minister Ashok Chavan have said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will not apply in Maharashtra as long as the Congress is in power. The veteran Congress leader Ashok Chavan further said, 'No government can go against the Constitution, whether it is the rule of the state of Delhi.'

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Chavan said that, we have joined the Maharashtra government to stop the BJP. 'As long as we are in power, CAA will not be implemented in Maharashtra'. Former CM Chavan said, 'No government can go against the Constitution that Ambedkar has given to the country, whether it is Delhi or Mumbai.' He said that our country is a secular country and the Act that should be made should be under the purview of constitution.

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So far Kerala and Punjab have passed the resolution against CAA in their respective assembly. At the same time, the West Bengal government led by Trinamool Congress (TMC) has already said that it is against the new Act. The Act provides for citizenship of India to migrants from Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Jain and Parsi communities. Under this law, refugees from three countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan - will be granted Indian citizenship on or before 31 December 2014, provided they are not Muslim.

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