Tamil Nadu: MK Stalin tables resolution urging Centre to repeal CAA
Tamil Nadu: MK Stalin tables resolution urging Centre to repeal CAA
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin on Wednesday, tabled an anti- Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), resolution in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly urging the central government to repeal the act.

"This August House considers that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, passed by the Parliament in the year 2019 is not in tune with the secular principles laid down in our Constitution and also not conducive to the communal harmony that prevails in India," Stalin said in the Assembly. He added, "To protect and ensure the unity and communal harmony in this country and to uphold the secular principles enshrined in the Constitution of India, this August House resolves to urge the Union Government to repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019."

The Citizenship Amendment Act allows persecuted minorities belonging to the Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi, and Christian communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan to avail of Indian citizenship. The Opposition parties and several groups have protested against the implementation of the Act. CAA's detractors believe that the law coupled with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise is intended to target the minorities in India.

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