Ram Madhav clears doubt on NPR, says 'it's based on poverty & not religion'

BJP General Secretary Ram Mhav on Thursday dressed a press conference in Srinagar where he slammed opposition parties for instigating violence in states like Uttar Presh over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). He also spoke about National Population Register (NPR) and explained why it is necessary for government to update it. Ram Mhav also commented on party's performance in Jharkhand elections.

'CAA t against any community'

Speaking about CAA, Ram Mhav said, " government of India has taken two important decisions, one is Citizenship Amendment Bill which was passed in both houses of Parliament which is w CAA. Few powers are trying to run a misinformation campaign across country. y are also instigating violence in many states. I would want to clearly say to people of country that this law which was me was t against anyone. It is completely false that this law is discriminatory to Muslims. I would like to again say that some opposition parties and a few communal forces are trying to create an environment of fear in country." 

On NPR, Ram Mhav said that an issue is being created out of thing against this. "NPR is t related to Citizenship, it is an extension to Census. This exercise was started by UPA government in 2010. It was revised in 2015. w, we have just updated it. It is necessary to update data because people change ir residence, mobile number and government decides on providing direct benefits and help to people on basis of this data. If data will t be available n how will government help people? Poor people are ones who will be highly benefitted by this. It's on basis of poverty and t religion. y are snatching benefits of poor by opposing this."

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'BJP govt wants to polarise society'

Congress on Thursday accused BJP government of bringing National Register of Citizens in garb of National Population Register and claimed that questions related to NRC will be asked in pre-test forms for NPR. Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken said his party will oppose government if it tries to link NPR with NRC and alleged that it infringes upon citizens' right to privacy. " BJP government is trying to bring NRC in garb of NPR. BJP government wants to polarise society," he said.

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