'No Documents Needed For NPR': Amit Shah In Rajya Sabha

Speaking about the violence that recently occurred in the national capital, Amit Shah said the Centre has received information from several agencies that money came from abroad and rest of the country and was distributed in Delhi before February 24

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New Delhi: Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Union home minister Amit Shah, in a significant clarification in the parliament, 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. Amit Shah on CAA "I would like to tell my Muslim brothers and sisters that false propaganda is being spread on the issue of CAA. This Act is not to take anyone's citizenship but to give citizenship," said Shah while replying to the debate on menacing Delhi violence in the Rajya Sabha. "I am again repeating that no documents will be needed for the National Population Register (NPR). All the information asked is optional. Nobody has to fear from the process of NPR. There will be no doubtful category," he said. Amit Shah on Hate Speeches The Home Minister said that hate speeches began soon after the CAA was implemented. "Fear was instilled in the hearts of minorities, especially in the hearts of Muslim brothers and sisters across the country that the CAA was take away their citizenship," he said. Speaking about the violence that recently occurred in the national capital, Shah said the Centre has received information from several agencies that money came from abroad and rest of the country and was distributed in Delhi before February 24.