Pinarayi Vijayan Reiterates No Detention Centres Will Be Coming Up in Kerala
A few days back, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray cancelled previous CM Devendra Fadnavis' decision to open state's first detention centre for illegal immigrants in Nerul.
Kerala, December 31: There have been violent protests across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan in state Assembly on Tuesday made it clear that no detention centres will come up in Kerala.
Pinarayi had earlier stated that some people were trying to spread rumours about detention centres in the state. He was quoted saying, “In 2012, the then Union government had sent a directive to the state to build detention centres to keep illegal immigrants. And in 2016 the social justice department director was assigned to oversee this. We haven’t seen any files on the issue after that." Maharashtra Detention Centre: CM Uddhav Thackeray Cancels Decision to Open State's First Detention Centre For NRC in Nerul.
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A few days back, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray cancelled previous CM Devendra Fadnavis' decision to open state's first detention centre for illegal immigrants in Nerul. Thackeray pointed out that under his watch, he would never allow a detention centre to come up in the state. The news that Maharashtra will have their first detention centre in Nerul came up in September, ahead of the Assembly Elections.
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