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Hyderabad: Becoming the 7th state to do so, the Telangana State Legislative Assembly on Monday unanimously passed the resolution opposing CAA and urged the Government of India to amend the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1991 in order to remove all references to any religion or to any foreign country.
Expressing its concern over proposed implementation of National Population (NPR) Register and National Register of Citizens (NRC) which could ‘result in exclusion of large number of people”, the assembly also urged the Government of Telangana to take all necessary steps to safeguard the people of Telangana from exercises such as NPR and NRC.
Cutting across party lines all members, except lone BJP MLA, supported the resolution moved by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.
Telangana State Legislative Assembly also opposed the National Population Register (NPR) in its present format.
Telangana has become the seventh state to oppose the CAA and NPR. Assemblies of Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Delhi and Bihar had earlier adopted similar resolutions.
As reported by the New Indian Express, while the MIM and the Congress supported the resolution, the lone member of the BJP in the Assembly T Raja Singh tore a copy of the resolution.
Being the youngest State in the country and one that was contributing significantly to nation-building, Telangana has the responsibility to speak on such issues, the Chief Minister said.
Telangana Today quoted KCR as saying “We have very strong reasons to oppose the CAA, NRC and NRP. This is not to be taken lightly, and there is need to oppose such narrow-minded politics. Dissent can’t be seen as anti-national, which is what is happening now.”
He pointed out that several other States like West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan had also passed resolutions opposing the CAA.
Meanwhile, chief minister also condemned slogans like “Goli maro sa…..ko,” raised by some leaders during the election campaign and asked at a time when the world is moving towards breaking down borders, is there a need for such divisive politics in the country?
