Gujarat assembly passes resolution congratulating PM, Shah on CAA

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat assembly on Friday passed a resolution congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah for amending the Citizenship Act. The resolution, which was opposed by Congress MLAs, claimed that persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were not offered Indian citizenship in the past because of "policy of appeasement". Last month the legislative assembly of Kerala, where a CPM-led LDF government is in power, passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the controversial...