Mayawati said that parliamentary MPs from BSP had met President Ram Nath Kovind over the new citizenship law. "We will continue to oppose the Act. This is wrong," said the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. On Wednesday, a BSP parliamentary delegation met the President over the CAA, asserting that the law "violates" the Constitution and called for a judicial inquiry to look into the alleged police action against students across the country.
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Earlier on Tuesday, Mayawati demanded the rollback of the newly-enacted citizenship law and said that its implementation would leave a negative impact on the society in the near future. Protests have erupted in various parts of the country over the CAA, which grants Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, and who entered India on or before December 31, 2014.