Dr Ranjit Vijayahari

Key Highlights Ranjit said that he has written to the Indian Medical Association and has filed a complaint with the cyber police after he and his family were targeted by few fellow doctors for supporting the CAA law The Kerala government on January 14 moved the Supreme Court against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and said that the law is “in violation of Articles 14, 21 and 25 of the Constitution of India and against the basic principle of secularism”

Thiruvananthapuram: A doctor from Kerala on Thursday claimed that he is being targeted by Islamists for supporting the central government’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

In a series of posts, Dr Ranjit Vijayahari, who is a leading gastroenterology surgeon in Thiruvananthapuram and owns a clinic along with his wife, took to social media platform Twitter to claim that “jihadi elements” have been targeting him on social media for supporting the CAA.

Ranjit said that he has written to the Indian Medical Association and has filed a complaint with the cyber police after he and his family were targeted by few fellow doctors for supporting the CAA law.

The doctor also alleged that there is an attempt by fellow doctors to brainwash the public through social media so as to not visit his clinic.

The Kerala government on January 14 moved the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and said that the law is “in violation of Articles 14, 21 and 25 of the Constitution of India and against the basic principle of secularism”.

The state government had earlier also passed a resolution in the Assembly for the scrapping of CAA. The resolution was supported by Congress and two other parties. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan described the law as one which is “against the Muslim community”.