Akhilesh, a former chief minister, told reporters after the 2km rally from the party office in Lucknow to Vidhan Sabha: “The CAA is against the Constitution and we will not allow it to be enforced in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh said the people of the Northeast, and Assam in particular, had rejected the NRC. Akhilesh saw a “trick” in BJP leaders, including Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, speaking in different voices on the CAA-NRC. “The BJP government will be remembered for destroying the economy of the country and rendering defunct the banking sector. Banking in India is not in the ICU, it is in the ICCU (intensive coronary care unit),” the Samajwadi leader said.

Source: The Telegraph December 31, 2019 21:00 UTC