HYDERABAD: Telangana on Monday passed a resolution in the state assembly against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The resolution said that there was a concerted effort to tinker with the inclusive nature of Indian citizenship through this exercise, which the state government was opposing.The resolution, introduced by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) in the Telangana assembly, urged the central government to amend CAA by removing all references to religion or foreign country. “Abrogate CAA,” KCR said in the house.Although the resolution does not explicitly say that NPR work will be stopped, sources in the government told TOI that the state government would not implement it in its present format. “Work on NPR was to start on April 1. If the Centre gives us a revised format by removing questions on place and date of birth of parents, we can still complete it within the September 30,” said a source.KCR told the assembly that his government feared NPR and NRC may result in exclusion of a large number of people from citizenship. “We are opposing CAA, NPR and NRC after fully understanding their implications,” he said. “Narrowminded politics is dividing the country. The secular and tolerant image of India is at stake. The future of the country is at stake.”The resolution was supported by all TRS, Congress and AIMIM members, and opposed by the lone BJP MLA, T Raja Singh.Congress floor leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said the Telangana government should now issue a government order for removal contentious questions from NPR. AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi thanked KCR for passing the resolution.“Muslims being left out of CAA is a grave mistake and also goes against the Constitution ,” KCR told the house.