Shah firm on CAA despite protests; Congress accuses him and Modi of lying

The NPR exercise will be carried out, along with the house-listing phase of the Census from April 1 to September 30, 2020.

A day before the Supreme Court (SC) is set to hear over a hundred petitions challenging the constitutionality of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the law will not be scrapped despite the ongoing protests. Addressing a public meeting in Lucknow, Shah accused the Opposition of “misleading” people on the Act.
 
In the national Capital, Congress leader Kapil Sibal accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah of “lying” on as many as “nine” counts on the CAA, National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). Asked about the party’s