West Bengal Becomes Fourth State to Pass Resolution Against CAA

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the new citizenship law “against the Constitution and humanity.”

The West Bengal Assembly on Monday, 27 January, passed a resolution demanding immediate repeal of the CAA and dropping plans for a pan-India NRC and NPR, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calling the new citizenship law “against the Constitution and humanity.”

West Bengal became the fourth state after Left-ruled Kerala, and Punjab and Rajasthan, where the Congress is in power, to have passed a resolution against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Speaking on the resolution, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also said the protests against the law is "not just for the minorities but for the sake of the country's unity".

“In Bengal, we won’t allow CAA, NPR, and NRC. We will fight against them peacefully. We want CAA to be repealed immediately. We also want NPR to be revoked. The Citizenship Amendment Act is against the Constitution and humanity,” Banerjee said.