Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday asked the Centre to give up its “stubborn stand” on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens and roll back the decisions.
“Now that voices opposed to the CAA and the NRC have started coming from within the NDA (National Democratic Alliance), the Union government should give up its stubborn stand and withdraw its decisions,” Mayawati tweeted in Hindi on Saturday.
“Also, it is an appeal to protesters to express their opposition in a peaceful manner,” the BSP chief asserted.
In view of continued protests against the amended citizenship law, Mayawati has said that her party does not believe in vandalism and has urged party cadre to oppose the new legislation through posts/mails and by submitting memorandum.
Earlier on Wednesday, a delegation led by BSP national general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra had met President Ram Nath Kovind and urged him to get the law withdrawn and order a judicial probe into last Sunday’s police action in Jamia Millia Islamia campus. The delegation alleged that the CAA was against Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.