AMN / Mumbai
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today said that he won’t stop the National Population Register (NPR) exercise in the state.
NPR will happen in the state as there is nothing controversial about it, he said, adding he will not allow NRC implementation.
Thackeray assured he will “personally check the columns” in the NPR, adding there shouldn’t be any problem with the exercise in the state.
“The CAA and the NRC are different and NPR is different. No one has to worry if the CAA gets implemented. NRC is not there and will not be implemented in the state,” Thackeray said in a tweet.
“If NRC is implemented, it will affect not only Hindus or Muslims but also Adivasis. NPR is a census, and I don’t find that anyone will be affected as it happens every 10 years,” he said.
Talking about the bone of contention between Shiv Sena and NCP over Elgar Parishad and Koregaon-Bhima violence case, Mr. Thackeray said the state government has only permitted the handing over of Elgar Parishad case to National Investigation Agency.