BJP politicising NRC list issue: Chandy

Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy has alleged that the BJP was politicising the National Register of Citizens (NRC) issue in Assam, instead of addressing the anxiety expressed by the Opposition over the list.

Rather than ensuring that genuine citizens do not become disenfranchised, the government has adopted a very insensitive approach, he claimed in a Facebook post.

Chandy, an AICC general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh, claimed, "A BJP MLA from Telangana has advocated shooting those people who refuse to leave the country. Yet, the BJP has not taken action against him, implying that the party concurs with his views."