The council’s chairman Vinod Borade said local public representatives were also in favour of this move.
Aurangabad: The BJP-ruled Selu municipal council in Parbhani district of Maharashtra has unanimously passed a resolution against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The council’s chairman Vinod Borade told PTI on Monday that the Nagar Parishad has 27 councillors, including three co-opted members.
“The resolution was passed by a majority without any opposition on February 28,” he said.
He said local public representatives were also in favour of this move.
Borade said he had summoned a meeting two days before the resolution was passed, as demanded by the members of the NCP, the Congress and seven councillors from the Muslim community.
The CAA, which was passed by parliament in December last year, grants Indian citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants who faced religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and had settled in India before December 31, 2014.
The new citizenship law triggered protests in many parts of the country since. Though the ruling BJP has said that the Act will not take away anybody’s citizenship, there is a fear that when seen in conjunction with the impending NRC, it could result in the exclusion of Muslims.
Courtesy The Wire
