Goa Assembly first to pass congratulatory motion for CAA: CM
Team Udayavani, Feb 4, 2020, 12:24 PM IST
Panaji: Goa Assembly has become the first to pass a ‘congratulatory motion’ in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has claimed.
Sawant said this reflected the real gratitude of people of Goa towards the “historic decision” taken by the BJP-led central government.
“I am delighted that Goa Assembly has had the privilege of being the first to pass a congratulatory motion in support of #CAA2019. This is the real sentiment of gratitude and support from the people of Goa towards the historic decision by PM @narendramodi ji and HM @AmitShah ji,” Sawant said in a tweet late Monday evening.
In the 40-member House, the ruling BJP has 27 MLAs including the speaker, who all were present during the passage of congratulatory motion, besides two Independent legislators who support the saffron party-led government.
NCP MLA Churchill Alemao, who also supports the state government, was absent.
Majority of Catholic MLAs of the BJP supported the motion, which was moved by Atanasio Monserratte and Clafacio Dias on the first day of the Assembly’s budget session.
The opposition MLAs in the House include five members of the Congress, three of the Goa Forward Party (GFP), one of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and an Independent.
Members of the Congress and GFP, led by Leader of the Opposition Digambar Kamat, on Monday created ruckus and rushed to the Well of the House demanding that Speaker Rajesh Patnekar disallow the motion.
They later staged a walkout saying they had submitted a notice seeking a discussion on the new citizenship law and the proposed country-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Addressing the House, Sawant said “few leaders were misguiding people on the CAA”.
“Opposition members are not ignorant about the Act. They are well aware about it, but are purposefully trying to misguide people,” he said.
The CAA, under which non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be given Indian citizenship, came into force from January 10. It was passed by Parliament on December 11, 2019.
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