State Resolutions Against Citizenship Amendment Act

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Friday began presenting the fifth budget of the CPI(M)-led LDF government for the 2020-21 fiscal by making remarks against the Citizenship Amendment Act and theunanimous resolution passed by the state assembly against it.

The Congress-led Chhattisgarh government is likely to table a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act, becoming the fifth state to do so.

Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, said that resolutions against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act have been passed in States like Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal as they are ruled by one party, unlike Maharashtra.

Bengal became the fourth state today to pass a resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dubbing the BJP "Brand Ambassador of Pakistan". Similar resolutions have already been passed by Left-ruled Kerala and Congress-ruled Punjab and Rajasthan.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday said the state assembly might pass a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) like some other states did recently.

Congress-ruled Rajasthan today passed a resolution against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA in the state assembly demanding repeal of the law amid countrywide protests. Rajasthan is the third state in the country to pass an anti-CAA resolution after Kerala and Punjab.

After Punjab and Kerala, Rajasthan is now set to bring a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the assembly, deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot said on Thursday.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that bringing in resolutions against the CAA is more of a "political gesture" by the states as they hardly have any role in granting citizenship.

A special session of the West Bengal Assembly has been summoned at 2 pm on January 27 to pass a resolution to scrap the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA. This will make Bengal the third state to do so after Kerala and Punjab.

The Congress is planning to bring resolutions against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the legislative assemblies of states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, which are ruled by it, senior leader Ahmed Patel said on Sunday.

States are allowed to pass resolutions against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but they cannot decide whether the new law will be implemented or not, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today at an event in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Punjab became the second state in the country to pass resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act after Kerala.

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) leader Sitaram Yechury today urged Chief Ministers of all non-BJP states who are against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register to go the 'Kerala way' by passing a resolution against the controversial law.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has rubbished the resolution passed against it by the state assembly against the citizenship law. Echoing Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, he said the resolution has no legal or constitutional validity. "Citizenship is exclusively a central subject so this actually means nothing," he said today.

Kerala today became the first state in the country to pass a resolution in the state assembly against the Citizenship Amendment Act amid widespread protests across the country. The resolution moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, where the state has asked the asked the centre to revoke the new citizenship law, was supported by leaders across pa...

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Friday began presenting the fifth budget of the CPI(M)-led LDF government for the 2020-21 fiscal by making remarks against the Citizenship Amendment Act and theunanimous resolution passed by the state assembly against it.

The Congress-led Chhattisgarh government is likely to table a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act, becoming the fifth state to do so.

Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, said that resolutions against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act have been passed in States like Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal as they are ruled by one party, unlike Maharashtra.

Bengal became the fourth state today to pass a resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dubbing the BJP "Brand Ambassador of Pakistan". Similar resolutions have already been passed by Left-ruled Kerala and Congress-ruled Punjab and Rajasthan.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday said the state assembly might pass a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) like some other states did recently.

Congress-ruled Rajasthan today passed a resolution against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA in the state assembly demanding repeal of the law amid countrywide protests. Rajasthan is the third state in the country to pass an anti-CAA resolution after Kerala and Punjab.

After Punjab and Kerala, Rajasthan is now set to bring a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the assembly, deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot said on Thursday.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that bringing in resolutions against the CAA is more of a "political gesture" by the states as they hardly have any role in granting citizenship.

A special session of the West Bengal Assembly has been summoned at 2 pm on January 27 to pass a resolution to scrap the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA. This will make Bengal the third state to do so after Kerala and Punjab.

The Congress is planning to bring resolutions against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the legislative assemblies of states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, which are ruled by it, senior leader Ahmed Patel said on Sunday.

States are allowed to pass resolutions against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but they cannot decide whether the new law will be implemented or not, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today at an event in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Punjab became the second state in the country to pass resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act after Kerala.

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) leader Sitaram Yechury today urged Chief Ministers of all non-BJP states who are against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register to go the 'Kerala way' by passing a resolution against the controversial law.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has rubbished the resolution passed against it by the state assembly against the citizenship law. Echoing Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, he said the resolution has no legal or constitutional validity. "Citizenship is exclusively a central subject so this actually means nothing," he said today.

Kerala today became the first state in the country to pass a resolution in the state assembly against the Citizenship Amendment Act amid widespread protests across the country. The resolution moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, where the state has asked the asked the centre to revoke the new citizenship law, was supported by leaders across pa...