Congress questions Uddhav Thackeray after his flipped stance on CAA-NPR post-Sonia meet

Questioning Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's stance on National Population Register (NPR), Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari on Saturday, stated that Thackeray must be briefed on 2003 Citizenship rules. Reaffirming that NPR was basis of NRC, Tewari added that once NPR was performed, NRC cant be stopped. Taking a jibe its Hindutva ally, Congress spokesperson also said that Thackeray must be reminded that religion cant be basis of religion.

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Uddhav's flip-flop on CAA-NRC-NPR

After meeting PM Modi in Delhi on Friday, Thackeray held a press conference in which he maintained that NPR was a regular exercise like census and that a  nationwide NRC would t be implemented.  However, after meeting Congress interim-chief Sonia Gandhi, Thackeray tweeted that Maharashtra government would t allow NPR in state if new columns proposed in NPR forms were found to be problematic after scrutiny. This is first time that Shiv Sena has hinted at possibility of t implementing NPR.

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Similarly, in above-mentioned press conference, he observed that individual needed to worry about CAA as it was a legislation to give citizenship to persecuted mirities in neighbouring countries. But post-Gandhi meet, Thackeray tweeted that legislation 'seems' to t take away one's citizenship. Moreover, he added cast aspersion over implementation and practicality of CAA.

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This meetings comes amidst Thackeray locking horns with NCP chief Sharad Pawar over transfer of Elgaar Parishad case from Maharashtra police to National Investigation ncy (NIA), with former opposing it and latter green-lighting it. Apart from this, Thackeray has also anunced dates for NPR process to be conducted in Maharashtra from May 1. In response, Pawar has claimed he will convince Thackeray to reconsider on NPR as NCP-Congress is against process and NCP-led Home Ministry has claimed that y will push for a parallel probe into Elgar Parishad case. Shiv Sena which formed a secular coalition has been locking horns over Hindutva with Congress, majorly over its hero- Savarkar.