Alencherry in December 2019 asked the Union government to rethink about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and said the act lacked clarity in many areas. He said "The problems should not become communal. There should be no conflict between religions or between states." and said that he hopes the government will re-introduce a toned down version of the same act.[19] Alencherry received a pamphlet distributed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporting the CAA in January 2020.