Karnataka government mulling introducing NRC in state

he Mamata Banerjee-headed Trinamul government had avowed that the NRC exercise will not be allowed in West Bengal.On Wednesday, Bommai had told reporters in Haveri that two meetings were held on rolling out NRC, which has been accepted by a few states.He had said, "I've asked senior officials to study the law. In Bengaluru and other big cities, foreigners have come and settled. It has come to our notice that they indulge in crime and some of them have been arrested as well. We will take a clear decision (on NRC) this week."When the party was in Opposition, BJP had been raising its voice on the increasing number of Bangladeshi migrants in Bengaluru.In Assam, the only state in the country where the exercise was carried out, names of over 19 lakh people were omitted from the final list, which was published on August 31.Of those excluded, about 12 lakh are Hindus.NRC is "a must" for national security and will be implemented, Shah had recently said at Kolkata but made it clear that Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist refugees will be accorded Indian citizenship beforehand with the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://www.theverge.com/users/repentkentop