Curiously, the Congress, one of the fierce opponents of the Citizenship law implemented by the Modi government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, did not make any mention of scrapping CAA in its manifesto, which was unveiled on Friday.
The manifesto was heavily focused on social justice, youth, women, farmers, the Constitution, the economy, federalism, and national security.
Speaking to this newspaper, Lok Sabha MP from Assam and the party's deputy leader in Lok Sabha, Gogoi said the Congress is committed to repealing the CAA as promised by Rahul Gandhi in 2019. "We said that the CAA will be repealed in the first Cabinet meeting of the new INDIA alliance government and we are committed to fulfilling our promise," he said.
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