'Pan-India NRC will be held but only after detailed discussions': Shivraj Chouhan

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to allay apprehensions on National Register of Citizens, a senior BJP leader on Monday said a nationwide NRC will be implemented but only after detailed discussions. At a press conference in Jaipur, BJP national vice president Shivraj Singh Chouhan alleged that Congress was trying to create confusion among people over Citizenship (Amendment) Act and NRC. Discussions about NRC are going on and suggestions have been sought but confusion is being created.

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Pan-India NRC

NRC will also be implemented but after detailed discussions, he said. On Sunday, PM Modi had said at a rally in Delhi,

"Since my government first came to power in 2014, I want to tell 130 crore countrymen, re has never been a discussion on this NRC."

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prime minister had ted that exercise was done only in Assam due to a Supreme Court order. Congratulating prime minister on pass of CAA in Parliament, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister compared Modi to "God" for persecuted migrants from Pakistan.

He said, "Modi has come as God for migrants whose lives were t safe, who lived in an environment of instability and who used to say that y will die but will t return to Pakistan. y have got a new lease of life."

Targeting Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for his anuncement that government will t implement CAA in state, Chouhan said that all states will have to implement Act because it was a subject coming under Union List (of Constitution).

Chief ministers of Rajasthan, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh are saying that CAA will t be implemented but citizenship is a subject of Union List.

"It has become a law through a constitutional process and passed by Parliament," Chouhan said. "y (CMs) are holding constitutional posts. How can y deny its execution. Act has to be executed. If y do t implement it, n re are or ways too for getting this done," he added.

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Chouhan hits out at Congress

Accusing Congress of spreading confusion over Act, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said, "Congress president Sonia Gandhi should have spoken about issue during debate in Parliament before pass of bill, instead of putting out a televised video mess. She should have spoken during debate in Parliament," he said.

Chouhan also questioned wher Congress president and Rahul Gandhi had ever heard of plight of migrants who live in India. BJP leader said CAA was a law for "giving", and t for "snatching" citizenship.

Blaming Congress for playing vote bank politics, Chouhan said BJP has decided to take out a campaign to reach out to masses and clear confusion. When asked about impact of CAA on Jharkhand Assembly elections, he said that state elections are fought on different issues and rejected that Jharkhand elections was a litmus test for Act.

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