RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, who is in Assam, said that Muslim population of the country would not be affected by the Citizenship Amendment Act, CAA. He said that India is taking care of its minority population since long while Pakistan failed to do so.
This is the RSS chief's first visit to Assam after the BJP returned to power for the second consecutive term in the state. Mohan Bhagwat will leave for Chennai on July 22, the spokesperson said.
Amit Shah has alleged that the Trinamool Congress is lying about the possible fallout of NRC on the Gorkhas in order to create fear among them.
Bengal has a sizeable population of Matuas, who had been migrating to the state since the 1950s, primarily due to religious persecution. The community, with its three million members, influences at least four Lok Sabha seats and 30-40 assembly seats in Nadia, North and South-24 Parganas.
BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday released the party's manifesto for the upcoming Assembly polls in Assam polls.
The Congress in its manifesto for Assam Assembly polls promised to restart the process of National Register of Citizens (NRC), repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Rs 365 daily wage to tea garden workers, 5 lakh jobs in five years, Rs 2,000 per month to housewives and 200 units free electricity per household.
The Centre on Wednesday said it has not taken any decision on the nationwide roll-out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab, Haryana and west UP, are protesting at several Delhi border points since November last year against the three farm laws.
The rules under the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act are under preparation, the government informed the Parliament on Tuesday.
The updated NRC under the direct supervision of the Supreme Court was released on August 31, 2019, excluding the names of 19,06,657 persons.
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The three-time chief minister of the Assam who dealt with insurgency with an iron hand on Monday lost his life to post-covid complications.
Delhi's Shaheen Bagh had emerged as the epicentre of anti-CAA protests where women and children protested for almost three months.
AASU had not rejected the final NRC, but "we were not satisfied with the results and there were flaws in the final document as it was not prepared according to the directives given by the Supreme Court", its leaders said.
Locals of Shah-e-Alam area expressed their gratitude towards Ahmedabad Police by clapping and showering flower petals on them.
Protesters at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh on Sunday alleged that a petrol bomb was hurled by an unidentified person near their protest site where women have been on a sit-in for over three months against the newly amended citizenship act, police said.
People including Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath members continue their protest against CAA, NRC and NPR near Madras High Court.
There are many significant differences in the way the NPR 2020 will be rolled out, when compared to NPR in 2010. Meanwhile, Delhi assembly's anti-NPR resolution came a day after Union Home Minister assured in Parliament that no documents would need to be produced for NPR
A Survey of India team was detained by villagers in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district on suspicion that they were collecting data for the National Register of Citizens (NRC), officials said on Friday.
The Delhi government will on Friday convene a special session of the Assembly to discuss NRC and the COVID-19 situation, official said. The Delhi Cabinet took the decision on Wednesday in a meeting headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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