Asaduddin Owaisi files petition in Supreme Court against CAA

New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act on Saturday. In the intense talks that went on in the Parliament over the last few days that resulted in the Citizenship Amendment Bill becoming an Act, the AIMIM leader was seen tearing up a copy of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Lok Sabha. He had said that the bill seeks to divide the country on religious grounds, which is against the constitution of India.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Owaisi had said that the Bill is not only the part of a conspiracy to make Indian Muslims stateless but will also lead to pose a risk to the national security.

Defending his act of tearing the Bill, Asaduddin Owaisi said that he was following the footprints of Mahatma Gandhi, who opposed the certificate which was issued to Asia-origin people in South Africa.

The highly controversial bill which critics have touted as unconstitutional was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and Lok Sabha on Monday. It then became an Act after the President Ram Nath Kovind approved the bill. Violent protests have filled northeastern India, parts of Bengal and Delhi against the bill. Protesters are of the opinion that immigrants from other countries would end up diluting the natural fabric of their native lands. This comes from experience, as Assam and other northeast states have been increasingly seeing an influx of immigrants from Bangladesh. People are also touting that the Act is unconstitutional as it seeks to provide asylum in India, only for non-Muslims.