European Parliament Defers Vote on Anti-CAA Resolution, India Calls It ‘Diplomatic Victory’

by Abbas Adil

New Delhi: To the relief of the Narendra Modi government, the European Parliament decided to defer the vote on the resolution against India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act till the second half of March.

The vote to defer the joint resolution criticising the CAA was approved by 271 votes in favour and 191 against in the parliament. The debate on the joint draft resolution tabled by five major political groups in EP was to be debated on Wednesday, with a statement from the EU Vice President/High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy.

The debate was scheduled for 7.30 local Brussels time. At least four speakers on the list of MEPs speaking on the resolution on CAA in European Parliament were in the list of the delegation the government invited to Kashmir in October 2019.

However, the vote scheduled for Thursday will now be held in March, after India and European Union hold their annual summit in the first half of the month.

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