The Congress alleged that the timing of notifying CAA is designed to polarise the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
A 2020 protest against the CAA in Maharashtra .(iStock)
Opposition leaders termed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, notified on Monday, a “divisive law” and “diversion tactic” from shifting the attention from the electoral bonds issue. The Congress alleged that the timing of notifying was designed to polarise the Lok Sabha elections. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state would not implement the communally divisive law.