PMK which supported citizenship law amendment says no to NRC

The Pattali Makkal Katchi, which supported the amendment to the citizenship law in Rajya Sabha, on Tuesday came out against implementing the proposed NRC in Tamil Nadu, saying it will create "unnecessary apprehension and tension" among people.

Citing claims that the National Population Register was a pilot to the eventual roll out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the PMK, an ally of the ruling AIADMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu in which the BJP is also a constituent, demanded that the Centre dispel misgivings related to the two measures.

In a resolution at its special general council meet, the party said Tamil Nadu does not share land borders with any country and hence, there was no scope for people from other countries to illegally enter the state.

Besides, the government has data of all the Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka and thus "there is no need for implementing the National Register of Citizens in Tamil Nadu," the PMK resolution, copies of which were released to the media, said.

The meet, held at Omandur near here, said apart from such factors, if the NRC was prepared "it will create unnecessary apprehension and tension among the Tamil Nadu people."