Will implement NRC countrywide after coming to power in 2019: OP Mathur

Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP OP Mathur on Monday said that National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft, which has been executed only in Assam under the Supreme Court's direction, will be implemented across the country.

Mathur also said that no Indian citizen will be made to leave the country over the NRC list.

"We'll win in 2019, NRC has now been executed only in Assam under Supreme Court's direction, but we'll implement it across the country," he said, adding, "We won't let the nation turn into a 'Dharmshala'. Infiltrators will be ousted legally. No Indian citizen will be thrown out."

His statement comes a few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview with ANI, assured that no Indian citizen would be left out, and those excluded will be given all possible opportunities to get their concerns addressed, as per the due process.

The second NRC draft was released on July 30 that included the names of 2.89 crore people out of 3.29 crore applicants in Assam. However, nearly four million people were missing from the list, which triggered panic among those excluded.

Soon after the final draft was released, the Opposition cried foul and called the list "politically motivated", despite appeals against politicisation of the issue. (ANI)

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