Congress MLA from Bhopal, Arif Masood, has decided to stand against his own Government over NRC, CAA and NPR as the lawmaker here urged his own Government to withdraw the gazette notification issued on National Population Register (NPR) and affirmed that NPR with amendments would strongly be opposed.
Urging his own Government to reject NPR, Masood told media persons that a massive agitation would be launched if the NPR was not rejected.
Masood said like the Centre, MP Government also has issued a gazette notification on the commencement of National Population Register (NPR). “It’s a wrong thing which happened and should be clarified. NPR is just a small form of NRC,” said the MLA.
The BJP will not be able to implement NRC in the country but it still got it in force through the NPR, claimed Masood who had been vocal critic of NRC and CAA since the Centre formulated the twin legislations.
Earlier the census was done simply where the Government staffers used to visit homes and returned after entering details of family members but the Modi government has modified the NPR and census on the basis of fresh system would require details of the ancestors to be entered into records, claimed the MLA.
The NPR has been tagged with six sub rules and we oppose this, said the MLA, adding that a campaign of scripting the slogan ‘Hum Kagaz Nahin Dikhayenge, No NRC, No CAA and No NPR would be started in the city shortly.
The Congress legislator claimed that in the first phase a mega protest would be organised in the last week of this month and would be attended by national figures and a memorandum would be handed to Chief Minister Kamal Nath.
He also urged the Congress Government to reject the NPR claiming even after first phase of agitation, if the state government fails to act on the issue, we would be moving the protest path.
Masood added he is still with the Congress but would review further strategy if needed.