The Congress party has set a 24 hour deadline for Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) to clear his stand on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Citizenship Register (NRC).

Telangana Congress strongly condemned KCR's silence on the issue and demand that the chief minister convene a special assembly session to reject CAA and NCR.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail said that the Congress party in Telangana would intensify its agitation if KCR does not clear his stand on CAA and NRC in the next 24 hours.

"Chief Ministers of many states, including Bihar, have openly announced their opposition to CAA and NRC and made it clear that they would not be implemented in their states. However, KCR has maintained a questionable silence on the issue," alleged Shaik Abdullah Sohail.

He demanded that CM KCR should make his stand clear now to clear confusion among people.

Congress leaders also slammed the MIM leadership and accused it of suppressing the agitations against CAA & NRC in Hyderabad.

Leaders alleged that MIM President Asaduddin Owaisi and other MIM leaders were harassing the other Muslim leaders and activists who are participating in the anti-CAA protests.

"At a time when people belonging to all religions, castes and classes are holding protests across the country irrespective of their political affiliations, MIM leadership was trying to help the BJP government by curbing protests in Hyderabad," alleged MD Ali Shabbir of Congress.

He alleged that MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi was trying to confine the protest to a 'weekend show' by mobilising a meeting at his party headquarters and it was quite regrettable that none of the seven MLAs, two MLCs and nearly 50 corporators of MIM in Telangana participated in the anti-CAA protests anywhere in the state.

Meanwhile on Saturday night, Owaisi's AIMIM hold a massive protest rally at party headquarter in Hyderabad and alleged that the opposition is doing politics over dead bodies of protestors.

"I will die but not do any politics over dead bodies of protestors. Let them make allegation on me but I stand for peace and appeal all to don't take law in their hands and hold peaceful protest against CAA-NRC," said Owaisi while hitting out on Congress allegation.

Asaduddin Owaisi appealed Telangana and AndhraPradesh CM to announce non implementation of National Population Register (NPR) survey in their respective state.

He also requested Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy to opposite CAA and NRC as YSR Congress party has supported it in Parliament.

