Maharashtra govt overrules Congress to roll out NPR in the state

Maharashtra government has decided to roll out National Population Register from May 1. This announcement means that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has overruled the objection by the Congress. 

Congress party has opposed the move but Shiv Sena is in favor of this decision. On the other hand, NCP has not yet taken any decision on this matter.

The state government wants the census and NPR exercise to be completed by June-end. The NPR roll out drive will begin from May 1 and end on June 15.

Earlier Sharad Pawar had expressed his displeasure over CM Thackeray's move to hand over the Koregaon-Bhima case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).