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Why BJP and Amit Shah Are Pushing For Another Round of NRC in Assam

  • When Union home minister Amit Shah declared that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise would be conducted across the country. 
  •  Assam, where the updated NRC was released on August 31, will also have another round of the exercise.
  • This is despite the fact that the protracted exercise cost Rs 1,600 crore of taxpayer money to be completed in the northeastern border state.
  • Although there is no formal communication, news reports quoted Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as saying that the Assam government has asked the Centre to reject the recently updated NRC. 
  • Shah’s remarks on the floor of the parliament must then be read as the Narendra Modi government’s approval to Assam’s request.

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