Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday made it clear that the DMK government would never allow the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
Reacting to Union Minister of State Shantanu Thakur’s statement that CAA would be implemented in seven days, not only in West Bengal but across the country, the Chief Minister, in a social media post, said that but for the support of the AIADMK, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was against Muslims and Sri Lankan Tamils, would not have become an Act.
Mr. Stalin said that even though the DMK was in Opposition back then, it joined hands with friendly parties and organised protests and signature campaigns against CAA. “We collected two crore signatures and sent them to the President. We also adopted a resolution [against CAA] in the Assembly after coming to power in 2021,” he said.
