Telangana too decides to pass anti-CAA resolution in Assembly

urges Centre to repeal Act
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    Hyderabad, Feb 17 (PTI) The Telanagna government has
decided to pass a resolution in the assembly against the
Citizenship Amendment Act, joining the ranks of anti-CAA
states.
    The Telangana government took the decision in a
Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao,
while urging the Centre to repeal last year's changes in the
Citizenship Act.
    It also appealed to the Centre "not to discriminate"
on the basis of religion in granting citizenship to anyone.
    "The State Cabinet appealed to the Union Government,
not to discriminate on the basis of religion for according
Indian citizenship. It requested that all religions must be
treated as equal before the law," an official release on
decisions taken in the Cabinet meeting said on late Sunday
night.
    The Cabinet meet, chaired by the Chief Minister, felt
the CAA would lead to discrimination on the basis of religion
in grant of citizenship and jeopardise secularism envisaged in
the Constitution.
    "The Cabinet further requested the central government
to take measures to abrogate the Citizenship (Amendment) Act,
2019 which will lead to discrimination on the basis of
religion while granting citizenship and thereby jeopardising
secularism envisaged in the Constitution," the release said.
    The state Cabinet decided to pass the anti-CAA
resolution in the state assembly on the lines of the ones
passed by Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal, it said.
    Coming out strongly against the CAA, Rao had said last
month said he might convene a meeting of regional parties and
chief ministers to oppose the amended citizenship law.
    The state assembly may pass a resolution, like the
other state assemblies did, against the CAA, he had said then.
    The Cabinet meeting, which began on Sunday evening,
concluded late in the night.
    The Cabinet also decided to organise 'Pattana
Pragathi' (progress of towns) programme, aimed at ensuring
cleanliness, greenery and planned development in urban areas,
for 10 days beginning February 24 in all towns and cities of
the state, a separate official release said.
    A state-level 'municipal conference', to be attended
by mayors, municipal chairpersons, commissioners, MLAs and
district collectors, would be held here on February 18 to
finalise the guidelines for the programme, it said. PTI SJR
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