Congress leader Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan on Tuesday said that as in Kerala, the Maharashtra Assembly should pass a resolution demanding scrapping of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
Khan, state Congress vice president and former Minister, demanded that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should convene a special sitting of the Assembly for this purpose. Congress is part of the Shiv Sena-led Government in Maharashtra. The BJP passed the controversial Act in Parliament because it enjoys majority. I demand that chief minister convene a special session of the state legislature to seek withdrawal of the Act,” he said.
The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the CAA, becoming the first state in the country to do so.
Some other non-BJP ruled States including West Bengal have announced that they Rs would not implement' the CAA.