Tripura king’s son to move petition in SC seeking NRC in state

Pradyot Debbarman, son of the last king of Tripura Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya, will move a writ petition in the Supreme Court on Monday demanding NRC in the state, days after the apex court issued a notice to the Centre on a similar plea. The October 8 notice was issued on a plea by a forum called Tripura People’s Front (TPF).
Debbarman, working president of the Tripura Congress, said there cannot be “different rules for different states” in India when it comes to citizenship.
The demand for a separate state will be negated if NRC is implemented, he said. “Implement NRC and the demand for a separate state will dilute, people demanding Tipraland are doing so because they feel they have lost all rights within the state of Tripura,” he told the Indian Express over telephone from Agartala. Debbarman was recently appointed the All India Congress secretary for Sikkim,
Senior Supreme Court advocate and former Union minister Salman Khurshid will represent Debbarman.
Debbarman said it was up to the SC to decide a cut-off date. “The Constitution of India mentions a cut-off date . My appeal is that either the government of India amend the law or abide by it. There cannot be different rules for different states in India when it comes to citizenship,” he said.

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