CM Pinarayi slams CAA, says it will not be implemented in Kerala
Dubbing it as a law that creates division along communal lines, he affirmed that it will not be put into effect in the southern state.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday (March 11) described the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as a law that creates division along communal lines and affirmed that it will not be put into effect in the southern state.
“The government has repeatedly stated that the Citizenship Amendment Act, which treats Muslim minorities as second-class citizens, will not be implemented in Kerala. That remains the position. All of Kerala will stand united in opposing this communally divisive law,” Vijayan said in a statement.
His statement came shortly after the Centre announced the implementation of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
This act grants citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who arrived in India before December 31, 2014.
(With agency inputs)
