NO NRC IN BIHAR

Bihar Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution moved by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar declaring state would not implement NRC. The National Population Register (NPR) will be prepared on 2010 pattern avoiding contentious issues and only amendment to include transgenders in gender clause would be accepted.

The opposition led by its leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav earlier sought adjournment of the normal business of the House to discuss NRC. RJD and BJP members came to blows in the well of the House as opposition members pressed for adjournment. Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhury adjourned the House for 15 minutes due to uproar.

When the House reassembled, the CM informed the House that he had written a letter to the Centre on February 15 declaring the state government’s stand on NRC.

He said he has informed the Centre that NPR in amended form may cause harassment to the people in future. Additional clause like birth place of parents should be scrapped. “Even I do not know about the place and year of my parents birth”, Nitish said.

He read out speeches of the then members of the standing committee on Home ministry and claimed even RJD president Lalu Prasad and Congress leader Manmohan Singh had advocated for citizenship to the oustees of minority communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Abdul Bari Sidiqqui, senior RJD MLA, said the chief minister should categorically declare NRC would not be implemented in the state.

Even I do not know about the place and year of my parents birth