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Politics

“Biharis come to Delhi for free treatment, how can Delhi serve entire country?” Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal controversial statement on ‘outsiders’

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2019

Speaking on long queues about purchasing medicines prescribed by doctors, Kejriwal said the reason is a lot of people are coming from outside of Delhi for treatment.

Politics

BJP’s Purvanchal Morcha protests outside Kejriwal’s residence over his NRC remarks

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2019

A police complaint was filed against Arvind Kejriwal by BJP leader Kapil Mishra for spreading lies about NRC.

Politics

BJP leader Kapil Mishra files police complaint against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for spreading lies and fear-mongering on NRC

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2019

The NRC is strictly to identify the illegal immigrants living in the country and is not aimed at Indians living in states different from their birthplaces.

Government and Policy

India has a civilisational responsibility to provide citizenship only to persecuted followers of Indic religions: Here is why

M Nageswara Rao - 25 September, 2019

Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 (CAB-2016) was introduced in Parliament which since lapsed.

Politics

If NRC is implemented, Manoj Tiwari will have to leave Delhi: Delhi CM confuses Citizenship and Domicile

OpIndia Staff - 25 September, 2019

Arvind Kejriwal was responding to BJP leader Manoj Tiwari's pledge of implementing NRC in Delhi to rescue it from illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingyas.

News Reports

Govt to reintroduce Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament in November, new NRC to be prepared afterwards: Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2019

Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is not what we expected. BJP does not want any confrontation or chaos over the CAB."

Politics

Tripura Congress president resigns from his post, writes about being free of ‘backstabbing colleagues and high-command’s order’

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2019

Pradyot reportedly had differences with Congress' secretary in-charge of Northeastern states Luizinho Faleiro over NRC update in Tripura.

Government and Policy

Haryana to implement NRC: We need a national strategy on citizenship

Abhishek Banerjee - 16 September, 2019

Haryana CM Manohar Lal has proclaimed that Haryana will implement NRC. Under pressure of coming elections, Bhupinder Hooda jumped to support the proposal.

News Reports

NRC should be implemented all over the country, Kashmir an integral part of India: Jamiat Ulema e-Hind

OpIndia Staff - 12 September, 2019

"Our enemy(Pakistan) is trying to send a wrong message that Muslims in India are unhappy. This is not true. We are citizens of this country and we are very happy here," said Madani.

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