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UP Shia Central Waqf Board demands pan-India NRC rollout; says 'it will not harm Muslims'
by Seva Lamberdar Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:52 pm
By ANI
LUCKNOW: UP Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi on Thursday demanded a nationwide NRC rollout. This came against the backdrop of protests against the NRC in several parts of the country and the Home Minister making a statement that there was no such plan.
Rizvi said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will do no harm to the Muslim community, "and it should be implemented across the nation."
He said that the Samajwadi Party, the opposition party in UP, and the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal were protesting against the nationwide implementation of NRC to garner Muslim votes. "Infiltrators are the vote bank of the Congress, Samajwadi Party, and Mamata Banerjee," he said.
Under the NRC, which aims to identify illegal immigrants, citizens will have to furnish certain documents to prove that they are residents of India. It was rolled out in Assam where around 19 lakh people could not make it to the draft NRC. ...
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/dec/26/up-shia-central-waqf-board-demands-pan-india-nrc-rollout-says-it-will-not-harm-muslims-2081209.html
LUCKNOW: UP Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi on Thursday demanded a nationwide NRC rollout. This came against the backdrop of protests against the NRC in several parts of the country and the Home Minister making a statement that there was no such plan.
Rizvi said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will do no harm to the Muslim community, "and it should be implemented across the nation."
He said that the Samajwadi Party, the opposition party in UP, and the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal were protesting against the nationwide implementation of NRC to garner Muslim votes. "Infiltrators are the vote bank of the Congress, Samajwadi Party, and Mamata Banerjee," he said.
Under the NRC, which aims to identify illegal immigrants, citizens will have to furnish certain documents to prove that they are residents of India. It was rolled out in Assam where around 19 lakh people could not make it to the draft NRC. ...
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/dec/26/up-shia-central-waqf-board-demands-pan-india-nrc-rollout-says-it-will-not-harm-muslims-2081209.html
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