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NCP Chief Sharad Pawar addresses a press convention.
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) president Sharad Pawar on Monday condemned the Centre’s resolution to inform the foundations for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), saying the transfer simply forward of the Lok Sabha polls quantities to an assault on parliamentary democracy.
The Centre introduced the implementation of the CAA 2019, a transfer that comes 4 years after the contentious regulation was handed by Parliament and paves the way in which for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. With this, the federal government will now begin granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from the three nations.
Talking to reporters right here, Pawar hit out on the Centre over the CAA notification which comes simply forward of the announcement of the schedule for Lok Sabha polls, more likely to be held in April-May.
“Such a decision days ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls by the Election Commission of India (ECI) is an attack on parliamentary democracy. We condemn it,” the previous Union minister stated.
The opposition NCP (SP) individually stated the CAA resolution has been taken to divert individuals’s consideration from the controversy over electoral bonds.
“The CAA notification is a spin by the @BJP4India led government to take the attention away from the Electoral bonds issue,” claimed Clyde Crasto, nationwide spokesperson the Sharad Pawar-led NCP.
Earlier within the day, the Supreme Court rejected the State Bank of India’s plea in search of an extension of time and ordered it to reveal the small print of electoral bonds to the Election Commission by shut of enterprise hours on March 12. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud additionally directed the EC to publish the small print on March 15.
Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut stated CAA was being applied for the reason that ruling dispensation realises there isn’t any wave of help in its favour forward of the Lok Sabha polls.
“The Ram Temple was inaugurated but the expected wave of support is not seen. Now, they are trying to create another wave by issuing CAA notification. At times, they also try to polarise people over Hindu-Muslim issues,” he alleged.
“No matter how many communal or other types of tension are created by the Union government, Narendra Modi will not become prime minister again,” Raut claimed.
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First Published: Mar 12 2024 | 6:54 AM IST
