Take legal action against Pb govt for unconstitutional anti-CAA resolution: BJP leader to Guv

Senior BJP leader Satya Pal Jain on Saturday urged Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore to take appropriate legal action against the state government for the "unconstitutional" resolution adopted by the Assembly against the amended citizenship law.

Calling the Citizenship (Amendment) Act "inherently discriminatory", the Punjab Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution seeking its immediate repeal and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced that his government would approach the Supreme Court against it, the second state after Kerala to do so.

Jain, who is a member of the national executive committee of the BJP, said India is a Union of States which has adopted a federal structure demarcating the powers between the centre and the states.

No one can try to infringe upon the powers of the other, may it be the Centre or the state, he said in a statement here.

"This resolution is in utter violation of Article 257 of the Constitution of India, which imposes an obligation on the state governments to ensure compliance with the laws made by Parliament and also gives power to the Government of India to issue directions to any state for this purpose."