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KOLKATA- After Home Minister Amit Shah pitched anti-Muslim NRC plan in West Bengal, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) came into action to make aware people about this communal policy related to the citizenship.
The saffron group on Saturday announced it would launch a National Register of Citizens (NRC) “awareness campaign” in West Bengal in December. The awareness will be regarding the policy laid down by Shah to grant citizens to all non-Muslim refugees before conducting the NRC in the state.
VHP national general secretary Milind Parande said the programme would cover all districts in West Bengal.
“The NRC was implemented in Assam under the supervision of the Supreme Court. However, the Centre would be implementing the exercise in West Bengal,” Parande was quoted by the PTI as saying.
He said Hindus need not fear about the process “because not a single Hindu would have to leave the country after NRC”.
The NRC containing names and certain relevant information for identification of Indian citizens in Assam is maintained by the central government.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had recently said the NRC would be extended to West Bengal. Before the NRC, his government will bring in citizenship amendment bill to grant citizen to all non-Muslim refugees. However, Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has fiercely opposed the NRC.
According to the VHP leader, altogether 8,000 Hindus from Pakistan had received citizenship in India in the last four years while 20,000 more Hindus from Pakistan are awaiting Indian citizenship.
He also alleged that in Pakur and Sahibganj districts of Jharkhand “Hindus have become a minority”.
“As per an NIA report, sleeper cells (of terrorists) are active in these districts,” he claimed.
The VHP would carry out its annual ‘Hitchintak Abhiyan’ from November 17 to December 1 across the country during which it aims to reach out to 51 lakh Hindus for raising funds, Parande said.
