The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday organised a dharna in entrance of the Raj Bhavan right here to protest in opposition to the Central authorities’s resolution to implement the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
Addressing the dharna, Leader of Opposition within the State Assembly, V D Satheesan, alleged that the BJP-led authorities issued the CAA notification to divide the individuals alongside communal strains.
“When the Congress was in power at the Centre, we brought several legislations to uplift the lives of the poor. But when the BJP came to power, they enacted laws to divide the people for political purposes,” the Congress chief alleged.
He stated that the Congress will battle the legislation and there shall be no compromise on it.
Several leaders of the celebration, together with UDF convenor and senior celebration chief M M Hassan, CWC member and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, and Attingal MP Adoor Prakash, attended the operate.
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First Published: Mar 13 2024 | 1:48 PM IST
