Madhya Pradesh Cabinet passes anti-caa resolution
ter of Citizens would be a subset of the NPR. However, the MHA informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday that as of now there was no decision on implementing NRC.
Murshidabad zilla parishad sabhadhipati (chairman of the district council) Mosharaf Hossain said that the process had been halted because of tension on the ground where those going to households to collect data could face mob fury.
“The administration will first wait for the tension to ease, and launch a campaign differentiating between census and NPR, before attempting to start the house-listing exercise,” said Gorachand Barman, BDO, Mayureshwar, Birbhum district.
The house-listing phase has to be completed within a 45-day period at any time between April and September. Enumerators are appointed from among primary and secondary school teachers and other staff and various government departments, including municipalities and panchayats.
With Raghunathganj II, an average-sized block, requiring 105 supervisors and 625 enumerators, and the state having 343 blocks, the required number of enumerators and supervisors for the rural areas is estimated at about 250,000.
While the states can choose the 45-day period according to its preference, a senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) minister who did not want to be identified said t hat t he g o vernment was unlikely to push for the exercise before the municipal elections in more than 100 civic bodies, which are expected to be held during April and May.
Asked if the census preparations in West Bengal were as in line with the schedule, Keka Ghosh, a deputy director at the directorate of census operations in West Bengal, said, “No comments on the census.”
Badaruddoza Khan, a former Lok Sabha member belonging to the CPI (Marxist) and a leader of the All Bengal Teachers’ Association, said that a large number of teachers were in a state of panic.
“The ground situation is very tense. An intense campaign is needed to convince people that the Census has nothing to do with NRC...,” said Khan.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blamed the TMC and the Left for triggering the panic. “TMC leaders are openly asking people to beat up those who would be going to their home seeking information...,” said Sayantan Basu, BJP state general secretary.
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act and sought its abrogation, contending the new law was against the Constitution’s secular character.
The resolution was passed during the state Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Kamal Nath, public relations department minister P C Sharma told reporters.
Madhya Pradesh is currently ruled by the Congress.
Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal have already passed resolutions demanding scrapping of the CAA.
Sharma said the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet passed the resolution describing CAA as “against the secular character of the Indian Constitution and differentiating people on religious lines”.
The Citizenship Amendment Act passed by Parliament in December last year endangers the “country’s secular fabric and tolerant nature,” he said. PTI