Ruckus in Maha assembly as BJP rakes up CAA, NRC

MUMBAI: Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Saturday after BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis raked up the issues of CAA, NPR and NRC during a debate on the budgetary demands of the home department.

Assembly Speaker Nana Patole adjourned the House for 30 minutes when members from both the sides rushed to the Well of the House and traded charges against each other.

During his speech, Fadnavis, who is the Leader of Opposition in Assembly, said that the Citizenship ( Amendment) Act (CAA) does not take away citizenship of Indian citizens.

“But r umours are being spread about CAA. In NPR, information is optional. The prime minister has already said NRC is not being implemented,” he said.

However, home minister Anil

Deshmukh asked Fadnavis to speak only on the budgetary demands of the home department.

Minority affairs Minister Nawab Malik said Fadnavis had said during the winter session in Nagpur that issues of central jurisdiction should not be discussed in the House.

“Then why is he talking about the central act here?” he asked.

BJP’S Sudhir Mungantiwar said Fadnavis has not spoken anything negative.

“We want misconceptions about the Act to go and there should not be any unrest,” he said.

Malik and food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal said the issue of CAA was being heard in the Supreme Court and could not be discussed in the House.

MARATHA QUOTA: WILL SEE IF LAWYERS MISLED APEX COURT, SAYS CM Maharashtra chief minister

Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said he would look into allegations of government appointed lawyers misleading the Supreme Court on the Maratha quota issue.

Some candidates from the Maratha community were given government jobs under the Socially Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018, but it was challenged in the apex court.

The SEBC Act, 2018, was enacted to grant reservation to the Maratha community people in jobs and education.

BJP MLC Vinayak Mete raised the issue and said lawyers appointed by the state had given wrong information on the issue to SC.

“I will look into whether any official or lawyer has misled the court. The state government is in consultation with Law and Judiciary department officials and experts. The state does not want to complicate the issue further,” Thackeray said.