Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has assured to take a decision on the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR) “in the interest of people” through discussions, NCP leader and State Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad said here on Saturday. Awhad dismissed as “baseless” the reports claiming that the State Government had directed officials to start collecting data for the NPR from May 1 to June 15 in a special drive.
"It is unfortunate that some groups were trying to create disputes in the alliance government without any reason," Awhad tweeted.
The NCP and the Congress are the ruling constituents in the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
The NCP leader also said that he had spoken with the officials concerned who were quoted in the news reports. The officials informed me that the details mentioned in these reports were not true, he said.