JDU becomes first NDA ally to reject proposed move for nationwide NRC

December 20: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday asserted that National Register for Citizens will not be implemented in the state, putting at rest to speculations raised by his Janata Dal United (JDU) support to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asserted that NRC will not be applied in the state of Bihar.

Kumar becomes the first chief minister from the NDA camp to have voiced disapproval of the proposed move to have an all India NRC which has triggered country-wide tension and protests. Kumar is heading a coalition government with the BJP in Bihar.

Kumar came out with his assertion on NRC a day after he had made it clear at a public meeting in Gaya that he would “guarantee” that under his watch the minorities were not treated unfairly.