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JD(U) demands for NRC like exercise in Nagaland

First Published: 1st August, 2018 22:00 IST

After Assam, the Janata Dal United, which is an alliance partner of the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) Government in Nagaland, has put forward a demand for conducting a similar NRC

After Assam, the Janata Dal United, which is an alliance partner of the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) Government in Nagaland, has put forward a demand for conducting a similar NRC exercise in Nagaland as well, to weed out illegal immigrants from the state.

In a communiqué, the JD(U) stated, “The Janata Dal (United), Nagaland has decided to put up an agenda on top priority in the next meeting of the PDA for such similar exercise for updating of NRC in Nagaland in the form of thorough and elaborate electoral revisions or any other methods that may be appropriate and deemed fit based on 1st December 1963 as the cut-off year”.

The JD(U) in its press release also cautioned the indigenous people of Nagaland and urged them to prevent outsiders from infringing upon their rights under any circumstance.

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