Madhya Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday (February 5) passed are solution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre to repeal the new legislation.

“The Act differentiates between illegal immigrants on religious grounds. It’s against the secular spirit of the Constitution. For the first time since the Constitution was adopted, a law has been passed that differentiates between people according to their religion. This will endanger the secular and tolerant nature of the country,” reads the resolution.

“People are at loss to understand why such provisions have been included in the law. There is suspicion among the minds of the people.Protests have been held across the country. MP has seen peaceful protests and people belonging to all class have been part of them,” it added.

The resolution also demanded that the Centre must remove new questions from National Population Register and update the population registeronly after that. It is to be noted that two Madhya Pradesh BJP leaders Ajit Borasi and Maihar MLA Narayan Tripathi have also opposed the CAA, saying it is against the Constitution of India.

Notably, Kerala, Punjab, West Bengal and Rajasthanassemblies have already passed a resolution against the CAA and it is expectedthat Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh would also pass a resolution against the CAAin the Budget session of its Assembly. The Telangana government has alsoannounced that it will not implement the CAA but the state assembly is yet topass any resolution against the new legislation.