Centre makes it official in Parliament, confirms ’no plan of pan-India NRC’: MoS Home Nityanand Rai

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Feb 04, 2020: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday (February 4) said in Lok Sabha that the Centre has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Citizens at the national level. The confirmation was made by MoS Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply on a question in Lok Sabha whether the government has any plans to introduce the NRC. This is the first time when the government has made the declaration on the NRC in Parliament as to Zee.

 

"Till now, the government has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) at the national level," he said.

On February 3, as the Parliament opened for the Budget Session, most of the opposition parties, including Congress and Trinamool Congress, issued notices in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seeking debate and answers on Citizenship Act (CAA), NRC and National Population Register (NPR).