Superstar Rajinikanth reasserted the central government's claims that the amended citizenship act does not affect any existing citizen of India. Further, he said that the National Population Register (NPR) was a necessity to find out about outsiders, adding that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) has not been formulated yet. The National Population Register is a necessity to find out about the outsiders, and it has been clarified that the National Register of Citizens has not been formulated yet," Rajinikanth said. Rajinikanth: Citizenship Amendment Act will not affect any citizen of our country, if it affects Muslims then I will be the first person to stand up for them. Critics say that the new law is against the secular nature of the Indian Constitution and clubbed with the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) may be misused to strip away some Muslims' citizenship in the country.

Source: dna February 05, 2020 06:56 UTC