Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday asserted that his government would not implement the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's statement 

• The government has a clear position on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). That will continue.
• The Chief Minister said that "our country works on the principle of secularism as mentioned in the Constitution of India. A certain group of people are greatly concerned about destroying secularism. In a recent incident, a group of people were determining citizenship on the basis of religion. Kerala government has taken a firm stand against this incident."
• ''Several surveys are being conducted in different parts of the country to create communal tension among people. But here, a survey has been completed to identify the most impoverished families in our society. Further steps will be taken as part of this survey,'' he said.
• The State government has taken a firm stand that citizenship would not be determined based on religion.

The citizenship Amendment act

• The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on December 11, 2019, but is yet to be implemented, aims to grant citizenship to those members of the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who faced persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
• This act was the first time that religion had been openly used as a criterion for citizenship under Indian law and attracted global criticism.