Chennai: The DMK-led opposition in Tamilnadu today resolved to hold a ‘massive’ signature campaign against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register, party chief MK Stalin said.
While the CAA should be withdrawn, no efforts should be taken to prepare the NRC while the NPR activities should not be allowed in Tamilnadu, he said.
A resolution was adopted in this connection at a DMK chaired meeting of allies including the Congress and MDMK.
”We have decided to conduct a massive signature campaign from 4-8 February in this connection,” Stalin told reporters after the meeting. It has been decided to hand over the signatures to President Ramnath Kovind, he added.
Meanwhile, the DMK moved the Supreme Court today seeking urgent hearing of its plea for disqualification of 11 AIADMK MLAs, who voted against Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in a no confidence motion in 2017.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it will consider listing the matter for urgent hearing. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the DMK, sought urgent listing of the plea and referred to the recent apex court verdict in the Manipur Minister case in which the Speaker has been directed to decide on disqualification plea in four weeks. The Madras High Court had in April, 2018 dismissed the DMK’s plea seeking to disqualify the MLAs.