NRC promise comes to Jharkhand, Shivraj says will implement if BJP comes to power
The BJP has repeatedly raised the issue of “Bangladeshi infiltrators” allegedly marrying tribal women, buying land, and usurping jobs meant for locals in the state.
Speaking at Baharagora in Kolhan division of Jharkhand, Shivraj Chouhan said the NRC would be implemented. (X/@ShivrajChouhan) Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said the National Register of Citizens would be implemented in Jharkhand if the BJP comes to power in the state.
Speaking at Baharagora in Kolhan division of Jharkhand, Chouhan said the NRC would be implemented “so that foreign infiltrators don’t make Aadhaar cards and get their names enrolled in voter ID cards”.
The BJP has repeatedly raised the issue of “Bangladeshi infiltrators” allegedly marrying tribal women, buying land, and usurping jobs meant for locals in the state. In an affidavit filed in the Jharkhand High Court on September 12, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the Centre is “concerned and alert regarding the illegal migration in parts of Jharkhand”, but “linkages to Bangladeshi immigrants” in any land-related cases were not established “so far”.
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