Modi govt not foolish to penalise millions over NPR and census: Chidambaram

| Published: Saturday, January 18, 2020, 18:18 [IST]

Kolkata, Jan 18: Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday that after the "Assam NRC (National Register of Citizens) fiasco", the Narendra Modi government has quickly "changed gears" and is now talking of NPR.

Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, Chidambaram said that NPR is "nothing but NRC in disguise".

"Our purpose is to fight the sinister purpose of Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Population of Register (NPR) and mobilise public opinion against them."

"Our stated position is that we will not agree to NPR being rolled out from April 2020," he said.