[Marxistindia] CMs opposing NRC must stop NPR in their states

[news from the cpi(m)]

December 24, 2019
Press Statement
 
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
 
Chief Ministers who have announced their opposition to the NRC must stop the
NPR exercise in their states
 
The Union Cabinet today decided to update the National Population Register
(NPR) with a financial sanction of Rs. 8,500 crores.  The NPR exercise will
require people to declare date and place of birth of parents along with
furnishing data on 21 additional points.  Most of the data being collected
now was not collected in the last NPR exercise in 2010.
 
By the amendment of the Citizenship Act of 1955 and the rules notified on
December 10, 2003 by the Vajpayee government, the National Population
Register is the basis on which the National Register of Citizens is
prepared. It is clear that the NPR is the first stage of the exercise to
implement the NRC.  
 
This linkage was made clear as early as July 23, 2014, soon after the Modi
government assumed office, in an answer to a question (Starred question No.
229, Rajya Sabha) by the Minister of State for Home Affairs.  The written
answer states: "The Government has now decided to create the National
Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) based on the information collected under
the scheme of NPR by verifying the citizenship status of all individuals in
the country."
 
Notwithstanding the untruths of PM Modi, it is abundantly clear that the NPR
will lay the foundation for the NRC.
 
At least 12 Chief Ministers have announced that the NRC will not be
implemented in their states. The Chief Ministers of Kerala and West Bengal
have decided not to proceed on the NPR as well.
 
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) appeals to all the Chief Ministers, who have
opposed the NRC, to ensure that the NPR exercise is abandoned in their
states.
 
 
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