The NPR does not involve any monetary transaction and its data is used to identify the poor so that government welfare schemes could reach the targeted people, he said
Amit Shah had reportedly said first CAB will come, then NRC and not just for Bengal but for the entire country.
He was responding to a query on the Centre's claim that the NPR has no link with NRC
The protesters, who were carrying placards that read 'Save the Constitution, don't divide India', appealed to the people to remain non-violent.
Puri added that the opposition against the new citizenship law was riding on a false narrative.
Heavy police deployment is in place in Jamia Nagar, Jama Masjid and Chanakyapuri, the police said.
Johansson had reportedly said in a Facebook post that she had participatedin the "Peoples Long March" against the CAA
The order also says that foot-patrolling and flag-march should be carried out in all the districts
The December 18 report also said that for the first time in independent India's history, a religious criterion has been added to the country's naturalization process.
Chidambaram said that countrywide protests against the CAA should not be portrayed as an issue between the government and Muslims
Detention centres exist in India, despite the prime minister's claims to the contrary
Congress has kickstarted an 800-km 'padyatra' from Sadiya in eastern Assam to Dhubri in the western end of the state, reached Demow in Sivasagar district with thousands of participants
False propaganda has been unleashed by the opposition parties to malign the BJP-led government at the Centre as they have no issues to raise, he said
MHA handled Citizenship Act protests, abrogation of Article 370, Pulwama attack among other issues. Amit Shah also took charge as the new Home Minister in 2019 after the Lok Sabha elections
The opposition parties, including the Congress, attacked Gen Rawat, who is due to retire on December 31 as Army Chief, for making remarks on political issues
He aslo exuded confidence about the BJP's performance in the national capital, he said time is up for the Kejriwal government in Delhi and "lotus will bloom."
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Shah also accused the opposition of misleading and confusing people over CAA and NRC
"A reign of terror is prevailing in Uttar Pradesh," Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav said.
Akhil Gogoi is an active leader of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti which is a peasant organization based in Assam