npr: NPR should be implemented in Bihar in its 2010 format: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday stated the Nationwide Inhabitants Register (NPR) needs to be applied within the state solely in its 2010 format. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his weekly outreach programme, Kumar stated “The Bihar authorities has already written a letter to the Centre looking for omission of contentious clauses from the NPR varieties. We have now made it clear that one shouldn’t be requested to furnish info just like the birthplace of fogeys as required within the new format”.

Requested to touch upon Union House Minister Amit Shah’s current assertion on implementation of uniform civil code within the BJP-ruled states, Kumar, whose JD(U) is part of the NDA, stated, “He (Shah) is speaking about citizenship to minority migrants from three neighbouring nations. He stated that this train will begin as soon as the pandemic ends.

“It’s the dwelling ministry’s topic. What can I say on this?” he stated.

Kumar stated so far as the NPR train is worried, “We had already made it clear that ‘it needs to be applied as per the 2010 format”.

The brand new NPR kind has further questions just like the date and hometown of fogeys and final residential handle of the applicant that had triggered controversy and a number of other opposition events have protested in opposition to it.

In addition to Bihar, governments of states like Kerala, West Bengal and Punjab have already objected to the implementation of Nationwide Inhabitants Register 2020, saying it’s a harbinger for a nationwide Nationwide Register of Residents.

Kumar dismissed speculations of a doable reshuffle in Bihar cupboard and stated they don’t have any foundation. “There will probably be no reshuffle in any respect,” the chief minister stated to queries by scribes on his assembly with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan final week.

“Pradhan is my outdated pal. Earlier, he was a Rajya Sabha member from Bihar. I met him since he was in Patna. There may be nothing to invest in any respect,” he stated.

Sources in JD(U) stated that the 2 leaders had mentioned presidential and vice-presidential elections amongst different issues.

Responding to a query on Bihar’s plan to conduct cast-based census within the state after the Centre’s refusal to carry census of castes aside from SCs and STs, Kumar iterated “We’ll quickly convene an all occasion assembly on the problem”.