Attempting to spread false fears against the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Kamal Nath said, "They talk about NRC. What is the meaning of NRC? When you will go for registration they will ask what's your religion? What was your father's religion?"
While granting conditional permission, the SDM had put up 17 points before the Jain community. The 15th point stated that the permission is being granted only for anti-CAA event. The rest were concerning the "dos and don'ts" for the organisers as Section 144 was in force.