Kerala CM writes to his 11 counterparts on CAA

January 03, 2020 17:31

Days after the Kerala assembly passed a resolution on repealing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday wrote to his counterparts in 11 states on the need to save secularism and democracy.

In a letter to the chief ministers, including Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal, Vijayan said, "Apprehensions have arisen among large sections of our society consequent to the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019."

"The need of the hour is unity among all Indians who wish to protect and preserve our cherished values of democracy and secularism," he said.

The Kerala assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding scrapping of CAA, amid raging countrywide protests against the legislation.

The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist led-Left Democratic Front and the Opposition, Congress-led United Democratic Front supported the resolution while Bharatiya Janata Party's lone MLA and former Union

minister O Rajagopal's was the only dissenting voice in the one-day special session. -- PTI

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