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Kerala Assembly Passes Resolution Demanding Scrapping Of CAA

BJP MLA O Rajagopal was the only dissenting voice in the one-day special session of the Kerala Assembly.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with Governor Arif Mohammad Khan in Raj Bhavan on Sept. 5. (Source: Office of Chief Minister of Kerala’s Official Twitter Handle)
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with Governor Arif Mohammad Khan in Raj Bhavan on Sept. 5. (Source: Office of Chief Minister of Kerala’s Official Twitter Handle)

The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 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 legislator and former Union minister O Rajagopal's was the only dissenting voice in the one-day special session.

The house adopted the resolution moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

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