The Delhi Assembly passed a resolution against the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Friday.
The resolution “earnestly” appealed to the Centreto withdraw and not carry out the whole exercise of NRC and NPR “in theinterest of the nation, particularly when the economy is witnessing theworst-ever downslide and unemployment is witnessing a terrifying growth, andwith the threat of the corona pandemic looming large”.
It also said “should the Government of India insist ongoing ahead” with the exercise, it should be restricted to carrying outthe NPR only with its 2010 format and no new fields added to it.
Delhi joins the list of the assemblies of Puducherry,Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and West Bengal in passing resolutions eitheragainst the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) or the NRC or the NPR.At a special daylong session of the DelhiAssembly, which was held to discuss the NPR and the NRC, Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal requested the Centre to withdraw the documents since those wereinter-linked.