Cong should take lead role in anti-CAA protests: Siddaramaiah

Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday suggested that the party should take the lead role in the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens.

His statement came even as Congress men urged the leadership here to take more active role in the protests, pointing out that BJP was holding door-to-door campaigns in favour of the act, while the Congress has not even prepared pamphlets or handbooks highlighting why CAA and NRC was bad for the country.

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee had organised a seminar for partymen on CAA and NRC here that was attended by KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, senior leader K H Muniyappa among others.

"The law that has been brought is not just anti-people and anti-constitution, it is against humanity," Siddaramaiah claimed.

Addressing partymen, he said "..it is the duty of each and every congress man to oppose CAA, NRC and NPR.

According to me, we (Congress) have to directly take leadership of the protests, we have to do it. Doing it (protesting) behind someone else will not help."
Earlier in his address, Siddaramaiah said "Congressmen will have to tell BJP with one voice that we will not allow this country to become a Hindu Rashtra.."