Tag: nrc

Barely five days after going saffron, the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Tuesday clarified that the party was against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but in favour of National Register of Citizens (NRC). Thackeray has announced a morcha on February 9 in Mumbai to strongly press for evicting Pakistani and Bangladeshi "infiltrators".

Amid the controversy surrounding Sharjeel Imam for his controversial "cut off Assam from India" speech, his mother Ashfa Arshad on Monday claimed that her son was innocent and expressed faith that the court will deliver justice in the matter.

Muslims in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Friday pledged not to fill forms for National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

PWD Minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday said that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will take a call on bringing a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act like Punjab and Kerala.

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah should come out with a "National Register of Unemployed Youth" instead of the NRC.

BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday took the basis of mythology to attack the Opposition over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as he likened the newly enacted law to Lord Krishna and those opposing it to the tyrant ruler Kansa.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday chose Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary to garner support for her drive against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday sought to assuage concerns of the Muslim community over the new citizenship law and likely NRC.

Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar on Thursday slammed party leader Pavan Varma for publicly questioning the JD(U)'s tie-up with the BJP for Delhi assembly elections, saying he was "free to go" wherever he likes.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee steps up her rhetoric against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA),National Register Of Citizenship (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) in the hills by holding a rally in Darjeeling on Wednesday.