Kerala Assembly passes resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding the scrapping of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), amid the countrywide protests against the legislation.

The ruling CPI(M)-LDF and the opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) supported the resolution, while the BJP’s lone MLA and former union minister O. Rajagopal’s was the only dissenting voice in the one-day special session.

The House adopted the resolution moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

On the last day of the year, it was a rare moment when the traditional political rivals, the Left Front and the UDF, joined hands to pass the resolution.

The day’s special session had been convened to discuss the CAA. In the 140-member Kerala Assembly, the BJP has one legislator.

Opening the debate was Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who pointed out that the entire country was shocked and protests were every where against the CAA.

“The world is in astonishment when it read through the intricacies of the CAA, where religion has been the benchmark of this division. And seeing this, the Indian diaspora is in a state of shock. There will be no detention centres in Kerala. India is known for its secularism and that has come under duress. Under no circumstances can this CAA go forward and hence should be withdrawn,” said Vijayan. (IANS)

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