New Delhi, Oct. 5 (PTI): The Centre made it clear on Friday that it has no plans to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Tripura, after a similar exercise was carried out in Assam to identify illegal immigrants.
In a statement, the Home Ministry said a delegation of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT), led by its president Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl, met Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday but no assurance had been given to the team regarding implementation of NRC in the state.
“The home minister met a delegation of INPT led by its president Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl on October 4. However, no assurance of any kind was given by the home minister regarding the implementation of NRC in Tripura. It is categorically asserted that no decision has been taken on the issue of NRC in Tripura,” the statement said.
The ministry also said news reports, appearing after the meeting, about likely implementation of NRC in Tripura “are absolutely incorrect and mischievous”.
PM assured us that India won’t deport NRC-excluded people to Bangladesh — Top official
Terming the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam as India’s internal affair, a top Bangladeshi official Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally assured Premier Sheikh Hasina that people excluded from the NRC list would not be deported to the country.
The Supreme-court monitored update of the NRC is an exercise to identify genuine Indian nationals residing in Assam.“Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi personally assured our premier that those who were excluded from the list under the NRC exercise will not be sent to Bangladesh,” H T Imam, Political Adviser to Hasina, told PTI when asked to comment on the issue in the wake of media reports.
Though Imam did not elaborate on the two premier’s communication, he emphasised, “We have been repeatedly assured by India that no such thing (deportation) will happen to create any sort of political instability in Bangladesh, particularly when we (Bangladesh) are approaching our national elections by the end of the year.”
