Tamil Nadu Assembly elections | AIADMK sees no contradiction in its stand on the citizenship law
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The ruling AIADMK’s assurance in its election manifesto that it will press the Centre to withdraw the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has evoked curiosity, on condition that final 12 months, the occasion efficiently stonewalled any try to get a decision adopted in the Assembly towards the law.
In February 2020, whereas accusing the DMK of deceptive the individuals about the CAA, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, addressing the Opposition in the Assembly, stated, “Point out which minority [community] living in Tamil Nadu and born in Tamil land is affected [by the CAA]. We will respond to that.”
Speaking in Virudhunagar just a few weeks later, the Chief Minister reiterated that his authorities would defend all the individuals of the State, no matter their caste, creed and group. At the similar time, he appealed to the Muslims, notably girls, to not resort to agitations towards the law.
A U-turn?
In mid-March, Revenue Minister R.B. Udhayakumar made it clear in the Assembly that no movement could possibly be handed by the House towards an Act of Parliament.
Against this backdrop, the occasion’s reference to the CAA has prompted many to wonder if the AIADMK has made a U-turn on the challenge.
Asserting that there’s no change in his occasion’s place, C. Ponnaiyan, convener of the manifesto drafting committee and former Finance Minister, contended that the Chief Minister had clarified, even at the peak of the controversy, that the State authorities received’t let the minorities, particularly Muslims, get harmed by the Act. Mr. Ponnaiyan claimed that the authorities had defined its place to the Centre in writing, and had “even sent a reminder”.
Indicating that there was “no contradiction” in the AIADMK’s stand, A. Anwhar Raajhaa, the occasion’s minorities wing secretary and manifesto drafting committee member, noticed that the manifesto solely mirrored the Chief Minister’s earlier assurances on the matter.
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