KCR also said he is ready to lead a nationwide campaign against CAA. (File photo: IANS)

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) on Saturday announced that the state Assembly will be passing a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Terming the CAA a "100 per cent wrong" decision, KCR said the Telangana Assembly will pass a resolution against the Act after calling a special session.

KCR also said he is ready to lead a nationwide campaign against CAA.

Addressing a press conference, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief announced he would soon hold a meeting of chief ministers and like-minded political parties in Hyderabad against the CAA, National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Saying that he has already spoke to several CMs, KCR said if necessary, he would hold anti-CAA and anti-NRC meeting "with 10 lakh people".

KCR said the Indian Constitution has given equal rights to people, irrespective of their religion, caste and region.

Terming the CAA and NRC the biggest blunders of the BJP government, he urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recall the Act. "BJP is making the country a Hindu rashtra," KCR said.

The Telangana CM also appealed to the Supreme Court to strike the Act down.

He noted that the country is facing criticism from intellectuals across the world on CAA and NRC.

KCR said the TRS was opposed to such decisions and that was why it voted against the Bill in Parliament.

He said he had conveyed his feelings clearly to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, when the latter had called him for support to the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Parliament. "Excluding one community, Muslims, in the name of CAA, pained me a lot," he said.

KCR said there was no question of the TRS compromising on secularism. "India cannot be converted into a Hindu nation. We are a secular country. This country belongs to all the people. We should continue to be secular," he said.

He lashed out at the Centre for ignoring the crucial issues such as economic slowdown, unemployment and development.

(With inputs from IANS)