Maha also likely to oppose CAA implementation

MUMBAI: TheMaharashtraVikas Aghadi,whichisledbychiefministerUddhavThackeray,islikely to oppose the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), passed recently by Parliament, in the state, like someotherstates.ThePresident gave his nod to the bill early on Friday, making it an Act.

Senior Shiv Sena leader and home minister Eknath Shinde said his government would ensure people of all castes, religionandlanguagefeelsafeinthe state and get a right to earn a living. Congress leader and PWD minister Nitin Raut has written toThackeraytoopposetheimplementation.

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of Parliament on Friday, the last day of the current winter session, sought an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who, taking a jibe at the government’s ambitious Make in India campaign at an election rally in Jharkhandadaybefore,saidthis wasn’t happening and instead, “wherever you look, it is Rape in India”.

Both houses witnessed disruptions over the comment.

In the Lok Sabha, some BJP members, including Union minister Smriti Irani, suggested that Gandhi’s remark was an invitation to rape women in India.

“This is the first time in history that a leader and the son of the Gandhi family is giving a clarion call that Indian women should be raped. Is this Rahul

Gandhi’s message to the people of the country?” Irani said.

Outside the Lok Sabha after the House was adjourned sine die, Gandhiclarifiedhisremarks andmountedacounterattackon the BJP and the Prime Minister.