Tamil Nadu will not implement Citizenship Amendment Act, says CM MK Stalin

A day after the Union government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi notified the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday said that the CAA will not be implemented in the state.

Stalin dismissed the CAA as 'divisive and bereft of any use'.

He also hit out at the BJP regime at the Centre for notifying the rules for implementing the CAA 'in a haste' when the Lok Sabha polls are around the corner.

"There is not going to be any use or benefits due to the CAA, which only paves the way for creating divisions among the Indian people. The stand of the government is that this law is completely unwarranted; it is one that must be repealed."

Hence, "the Tamil Nadu government will not give any opportunity in any manner to implement the CAA in Tamil Nadu," he asserted in an official release.