The senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre Government's plans to implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the country is a conspiracy to target people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Singh, who is also Member of Parliament (MP), Rajya Sabha said that the AAP party will hold a protest on Sunday at the Jantar Mantar against the central government's plans. "The demonstration will be led by the AAP's purvanchali unit head Gopal Rai," said Singh.
Purvanchalis are people from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh settled in the national capital and they play an important role in any election here.
"If the NRC is implemented across India, where will people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar residing in different parts of the country for decades go as they would not be able to prove their resident ship before 1971," said Singh.
"Our purvanchali unit headed by Gopal Rai will sit on a protest at the Jantar Mantar on Sunday against the NRC's implementation which the government is planning to carry out in the whole country," he said.
Singh was also part of a meeting of opposition parties that was called to strategise on how to oppose the Citizen (Amendment) Bill in Parliament.
