AAP Govt Moves Resolution Against NPR In Delhi Assembly

AAP Moves Resolution Against NPR: Environment minister Gopal Rai on Friday moved a resolution in the Delhi Assembly against implementation of the National Population Register (NPR)

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New Delhi: Asserting that National Population Register (NPR) will impact the majority population in the nation, Environment minister Gopal Rai on Friday moved a resolution in the Delhi Assembly against implementation of the National Population Register and said if executed, it should be applied using the procedure of 2010. Rai said the National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens(NRC) are not only meant for a "particular religion". "... Such a type of thing did not happen even during the British rule. This is raising questions on every person's citizenship," he said in the Assembly. "NPR should not be implemented in Delhi and if it is implemented, it should be done according to the procedure followed in 2010," Rai said. The Delhi government called a one-day special assembly session on the NRC-NPR issue and the coronavirus situation in the national capital. Home Minister Amit Shah on NPR Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Union home minister Amit Shah, in a significant clarification in the parliament, had said that "no document is required for the National Population Register (NPR)". "If one doesn't want to give certain information, no questions will be asked regarding that. There will be no doubtful citizen marking," Shah said in reply to Congress Party leader Kapil Sibal's question on what happens when CAA is coupled with NPR. "Earlier also under the NPR no document was asked for and so will be the case this time as well," Amit Shah said. "Those who don't have information to produce, for that we have clarified through a press release. Whatever information people want to give, they are free to submit," Amit Shah said. "I clearly once again say, under the NPR, no document will be asked for. You don't have to provide any information you don't possess. Lastly, nobody will be marked 'doubtful'. Nobody needs to be scared of the process of the NPR in this country," Shah said.