PM Narendra Modi was right, no talk on pan-Indian NRC for now: Amit Shah

Denies link between NPR, NRC; Oppn steps up attack, says govt caught in its own trap

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said there was no “link” between the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The Home Minister said the data collected for the NPR could not be used to update the controversial NRC, which he said was a “different process”.
 
Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was right saying that there had been no discussion yet on a nationwide NRC.   
 
Shah accused the Opposition of spreading “misinformation” on the issue, appealed to Kerala and West Bengal governments to allow NPR and conceded there might have been