After Prashant Kishor, JDU's Pavan Varma opposes Nitish Kumar's decision to support CAB

Varma took to Twitter to say the bill, which will grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees, is "unconstitutional, discriminatory, and against the unity and harmony of the country".

His entire tweet reads, "I urge Shri Nitish Kumar to reconsider support to the #CAB in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill is unconstitutional, discriminatory, and against the unity and harmony of the country, apart from being against the secular principles of the JDU. Gandhiji would have strongly disapproved it."

Hitting out at his own party which is an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Prashant Kishor, who is also a political strategist currently working for the Trinamool Congress, said, "Disappointed to see JDU supporting #CAB that discriminates right of citizenship on the basis of religion. It's incongruous with the party's constitution that carries the word secular thrice on the very first page and the leadership that is supposedly guided by Gandhian ideals."

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, if passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, will grant citizenship to all non-Muslim refugees who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan on or before Dec 31, 2014.

The bill has courted controversy as several opposition parties claim that the CAB violates Article 14- which provides right to equality- of the Constitution.

The ruling BJP passed the bill with the support of 311 members in Lok Sabha where the saffron party enjoys majority.

The JDU and BJP together runs the state government in Bihar which will have its assembly election in few months' time.