Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury urges Amit Shah to withdraw CAA in Parliament's monsoon session
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Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, asking that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) be withdrawn during the next Parliament's monsoon session.
Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, urging him to withdraw the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.
Chowdhury cited reports of 800 Pakistani Hindus who were forced to return to their country as they failed to secure Indian citizenship.
The Congress MP added that the "ill-thought out legislation" could not be implemented for two years as it is unconstitutional.
"It is more than two years now since you passed the ill-thought out legislation called CAA. But still, you are not able to implement it because of its inherent unconstitutionality. That is why Pakistani Hindu returnees are going back to Pakistan out of sheer frustration and hopelessness," said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in his letter to Amit Shah.
The Congress MP also stated that the CAA cannot be implemented because it targets a specific community.
Exuding confidence that the CAA will not withstand judicial scrutiny, the MP urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to "preserve the fundamentals of governance" — secularism and social justice.
In his closing remarks, he asked Shah to repeal CAA, as he had done with the three farm laws.
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