The CPI-M on Monday said it would file a petition in the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act, saying the tweaked law is violative of constitutional provisions.

CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury said here that the apex court would be approached either on Monday or Tuesday. He said the amended law is violative of constitutional provisions.

“PM’s statements that protester’s ‘clothes’ reveal their identity yesterday, and his comments today too, reveal how thoughtless and callous this government is. CAA is anti- Indian.

Safeguarding our Constitution is an expression of ultimate patriotism,” he said.

Yechury also demanded that Home Minister Amit Shah answer why police personnel entered the Jamia Millia Islamia premises without permission.

“Opposing the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act is an issue of safeguarding the sanctity of the Constitution. It is not a ‘Hindu-Muslim’ issue. It is about being Indian,” he said.

He said the new citizenship law violates the founding principles of India.