KCR firm on CAA resolution

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday tore into opposition allegations on State programmes, took the Centre head-on over the CAA-NPR-NRC imbroglio, allayed fears about coronavirus posing a threat to the State and spoke at length about the rapid strides made by Telangana on all fronts in the past six years.

In a 140-minute reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s address in the State Assembly, the Chief Minister, who peppered his speech with wit and humour at times, trained his guns on the BJP government at the Centre for taking up the contentious CAA-NPR-NRC issue instead of focusing more on important issues in the wake of the economic downtrend that had impacted the entire



country.

Assuring the House that the government would take up discussion and then pass a resolution opposing the implementation of the CAA and NPR, he said, “Let us pass the resolution on CAA and NPR to express the views of the people of the State to the Centre and wait for its final decision.” He said even he was among the lakhs of Indians who were not in possession of birth certificates. “If they ask me to produce my father’s certificates now, where will I get them from?” he asked.

Rao’s reply was preceded by the suspension of all the six Congress members for a day when they tried to disrupt his speech.