Describing the Narendra Modi Government’s recent move to notify the rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) as “electorally motivated”, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday expressed his opposition to the granting of citizenship on the basis of religion.
Speaking to reporters after paying his obeisance to late Congress leader R. Dhruvanarayan at Heggavadi in Chamarajanagar on the occasion of his first death anniversary, Mr. Siddaramaiah said questioned the Modi government’s silence on CAA till the approach of Lok Sabha elections.
He said BJP government at the Centre was implementing CAA just before elections, keeping an eye on the electoral gains. However, he expressed his opposition to granting of citizenship on the basis of religion.
