'Until SC intervenes, states will have to obey law': Salman Khurshid backs Sibal on CAA

After Congress leer Kapil Sibal on Saturday said that re is way a state can deny implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) when it is alrey passed by Parliament and claimed that doing so would be "unconstitutional", ar party leer has backed his views. Senior party leer and former Union Minister Salman Khurshid said that Congress still opposes CAA but states cant do much about it until Supreme Court intervenes in and declares it "unconstitutional".

'Everyone has to obviously obey law'

Speaking to news ncy ANI, Khurshid said, "I think you need to discuss it at a greater length because small single sentences can give you wrong expressions. As far as I understand, our position is that constitutional position of CAA is doubtful. But it is in statute books and if SC does t interfere n it will remain on statute books. It something is on statute books n everyone has to obviously obey law and if you do t obey law, re will be consequences."

former Union Minister ded that this is a matter where state governments have a "very serious difference of opinion" with Centre as far as CAA is concerned. "We should await final prouncement by Supreme Court, till n just as government says this is entirely legal, y ( states) will continue to say, ', we do t believe this is legal' but ultimately it is Supreme Court that will decide and till n everything said, done, t done is provisional and tentative,” he said. 

'It is t possible and is unconstitutional'

“If CAA is passed State can say ‘I will t implement it’. It is t possible and is unconstitutional. You can oppose it, you can pass a resolution in Assembly and ask central government to withdraw it. But constitutionally saying, that I won’t implement it is going to be problematic and going to create more difficulties,” said Kapil Sibal on third day of Kerala Literature Festival (KLF).

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Kerala, Punjab pass resolutions against CAA

Kerala government earlier this week moved Supreme Court against CAA, seeking to declare it “violative of principles of equality, freedom and secularism enshrined in Constitution”. It was first State government to challenge Act and Kerala Assembly was first to pass a resolution against law. Following in sourn State’s footsteps, Punjab Assembly on Friday passed a resolution demanding to scrap contentious law. Several State governments including Kerala, Rajasthan, Mhya Presh, West Bengal and Maharashtra have voiced ir disagreement with CAA as well as National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).

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