Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on March 12 said that those opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 should move the court instead of protesting against the Act.
Anti-CAA Protests Were Based On Emotions, Says Assam CM
The Chief Minister’s statement came a day after the Centre notified the rules for implementation of CAA.
“The CAA was passed by Parliament, and the rules for its implementation have already been notified. Now there is no point in protesting against CAA. Assam had an Act called IM(DT) Act, which was repealed by the court. Those opposing CAA can go to the court,” he said after inaugurating the country’s largest pork processing plant at Chanbosa under Nazira subdivision of Sivasagar district.
According to the Chief Minister, the anti-CAA protests were based on emotions. “Those opposing CAA have given large figures of people that will get Indian citizenship. We will know in the coming days how many people actually get Indian citizenship,” he said.