A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor and former chief of Minority cell have resigned from party membership in Indore on Saturday in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Councilor Usman Patel from Khajrana area in the city of Indore has submitted his resignation to BJP’s city president Gopikrishna. He said that they oppose the CAA, NRC and NPR and he has resigned in protest against it.
BJP Corporator Usman Patel has resigned from all posts in the party, says, “BJP has moved away from the real issues. It’s doing only communal politics. GDP is going doing, inflation is rising but the party is bringing laws that create a rift between people of all religions”.
BJP city president Gopikrishna said that all BJP workers have the right to join the party and leave. He said that Mr Patel was a senior leader of the party, unfortunately, he could not understand the law made in the national interest.
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