Tripura Tribal Welfare minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia on Saturday supported the revision of NRC in the state and hoped that his party IPFT would soon demand it like several other states.
Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) is an ally of the ruling alliance headed by BJP which came to power after the Tripura assembly polls in February this year.
Jamatia, who is the general secretary of IPFT, said, We were always seeking NRC in our state (Tripura). Other states are now demanding NRC revision and hopefully our party will also demand it in Tripura, Jamatia said. IPFT had earlier demanded NRC revision in Tripura claiming that the indigenous communities in the state were suffering identity crisis.
He said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah had made a lot of statements on NRC and said talks on revising the national register is going on at the central level.