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States have no powers to reject Citizenship Act: Home Ministry official

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was one of the CMs to reject the law

A woman in Guwahati walks past a graffiti opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill on December 9, 2019 | Photo: PTI
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A woman in Guwahati walks past a graffiti opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill on December 9, 2019 | Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India New Delhi
A top Union Home Ministry official said state governments have no power to reject the Citizenship Act as it was enacted under the Union List of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution, after several states said they won’t implement it.
 
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, one of the foremost Opposition voices against the Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), was one of the CMs to reject the law.
 
While Punjab and Kerala also refused to implement it, Madhya Pradesh appeared set to reject the Act, with Chief Minister Kamal Nath asserting in New Delhi that

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