National Register of Citizens will be limited to Assam "For Now": Union Government

National Register of Citizens will be limited to Assam "For Now": Union Government

Guwahati/New Delhi: The Union Government on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that National Register of Citizens of India (NRC) will be limited to Assam “for now” and that “at present” the government did not have plans to extend the project to other states.

As per reports, the information was shared with the Parliament as a written reply by Minister of State of Ministry of Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir.

It may be mentioned that the reply was submitted by MP Ahir in response to the unstarred question no.1235 question posed by Trinamool Congress MP Prasun Banerjee.

Reports also claimed that MP Banerjee in his question had specifically asked, "Whether there is any proposal to extend the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to States other than Assam?".

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