Congress MLA reacts to NRC in Jharkhand

Congress MLA Alamgir Alam reacted to Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubir Das' statement on NRC update in the state. He also said the policies of this government are not causing any benefits to the Muslims.

Ranchi:Reacting to Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubir Das' statement on NRC update in the state, Congress MLA Alamgir Alam on Wednesday said that if NRC exercise commences, it will affect everyone's life, not just our Muslim community."

Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the citizens' list in Jharkhand will be updated soon, on the lines of Assam NRC exercise, to identify all Bangladeshis living in the state illegally and deport them 'one by one'.

"It is important to drive out Bangladeshi infiltrators because of whom the Muslim population of India and the state is unable to get its rights," he said in a press conference in Ranchi.

Reacting to this, Congress MLA from Jharkhand Alamgir Alam said, "I have heard the Chief Minister's statement, according to him, rights of Muslims are being snatched due to intruders. But, I feel that if outsiders come to live in Jharkhand, it affects everyone and not just our Muslim community."

"We want NRC to be implemented in Jharkhand but the Raghubar government is still not working in this direction," he added.

The Congress MLA said that the policies of this government are not benefitting the Muslims. "Madarasa teachers have not received salaries, pensions are due, the Chief Minister just wants to show that he is concerned for Muslims, but he is not."

He further added that this move of raising NRC issue before elections is only for political benefit and nothing else.

According to sources, four districts of the state have been marked as home to Bangladeshi infiltrators.

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