-The Indian Express India’s young have picked up mantle of an older battle — for a country that is equal, just and kind The surge of protests in every corner of the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens will be remembered as an iridescent, significant moment in the journey of the republic. This is because these are, at their core, popular moral assertions founded on...
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Data from various international & national sources contradict the narrative that immigrants & refugees have flooded the country in recent years
Against the backdrop of National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC), which is expected to be conducted nationwide, there are media reports about detention centres being constructed in various parts of the country. Although media reports indicate the Government denying any connection between NRIC and National Population Register, a reply to unstarred question no 4380 (to be answered on 21st April 2015 in the Lok Sabha) by the Minister of State...
More »Amit Shah says no NPR-NRC link, his Govt linked it 9 times in House -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express "I assure all the people, specially from the minorities, that NPR is not going to be used for NRC. It’s a rumour,” Amit Shah said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday drew a distinction between the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) saying both were governed by different laws and NPR data would never be used for the NRC exercise. In an interview to...
More »Palakkad man's Article 14 auto gets all the attention amidst CAA protests -A Satish
-The New Indian Express As the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act grow louder all over the country, the relevance of Article 14 is more relevant than ever before. PALAKKAD: Anakara is a small village on the Palakkad –Malappuram border. But it has always been in the limelight since the freedom struggle days due to the presence of the Vadakkath tharavadu which has thrown up freedom fighters like A V Kuttimallu Amma...
More »Reality check: Before PM Modi's distancing from pan-India NRC, there was Amit Shah's underlining -Liz Mathew
-The Indian Express In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, Shah had raised the pitch in West Bengal, where the BJP sought to use the “illegal immigrant” issue as a major poll plank to consolidate the Hindu votes against the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in the state. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that there has been no discussion on a National Register of Citizens (NRC) since the time...
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