Won’t implement NRC: Andhra CM

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday said his government was against National Register of Citizens (NRC) and would not implement it in the state. The Andhra Pradesh chief minister, who is on a tour of Kadapa district, addressed a public meeting in which he said his government would stand in support of minorities and will not implement NRC in the state.

Like Reddy, many chief ministers have shown the same stand on implementing NRC in their states — Mamata Banerjee in Bengal, Nitish Kumar in Bihar, Naveen Patnaik in Odisha, Amarinder Singh in Punjab, Kamal Nath in Madhya Pradesh Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan and Pinarayi Vijayan in Kerala.

The NRC, which has been developed with the aim of segregating Indian citizens from illegal migrants, was implemented in Assam.