Responding to the Draft, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee argued that NRC Assam was a 'game plan' to 'Divide and Rule' Indians.
Like Bihar and Kerala, in Kolkata also several anti NRC rallies were held over the last 3 months with chief minister Mamata Banerjee playing a vanguard role in those protests.
[18] Singer Kabir Suman, social activist Umar Khalid and Yogendra Yadav also visited the venue to express their support to the protestors.
"[19] The anti NRC movement in kolkata was characterised by placards, posters and slogans targeting the BJP and the centre.
[17] People have also left behind dozens of pair of shoes, scarves and dupattas in the park circus ground as a protest against NRC AND CAA.
This was due to two motives; Firstly to stand against the government and Secondly to provide root to communist party in Bihar with mass support under the leadership of Kanhaiya Kumar.
On 25 February 2020 Bihar's Legislative Assembly passed a resolution against the NRC and that the National Population Register (NPR) should be implemented "in its 2010 form" with one amendment.
Significantly, tabling the resolution, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar defended his endorsement of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which is regarded by its critics as being entwined with the NRC.
Nitish Kumar got the BJP to agree with the resolution against the need for the NRC in Bihar and make it a unanimous decision despite murmurs by some state BJP leaders against their party's adjustment to Nitish Kumar's demand for unanimous resolution, the party seems to have decided to take a back step when faced with the contentious issues affecting its alliance with the JDU.
[30] The opposition Grand Alliance, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal, is witnessing a race among its constituents to take credit for forcing the Nitish government to pass the resolution.
RJD leader Tejshasvi Yadav had brought an adjournment motion and demanded a debate on the CAA, NRC and NPR in the Assembly.
[31] In many ways, Nitish Kumar's prompt response of endorsing the CAA but passing a resolution rejecting the need for the NRC has act as a dilemma for both his opponents and his ally, the BJP.
The all-party resolution got the approval of the legislative assembly in the post-lunch session following a debate on the adjournment motion moved by leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav and others in the House.
[32] Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar On Dec, 2019 asserted that NRC will not be implemented in the state, putting at rest JDUs support to CAA. "
Will not at all be implemented), Kumar quipped as he sauntered towards his vehicle waving at the media persons who had been waiting outside an auditorium here seeking to know the stand of the chief minister who was at the venue to address the 80th annual session of Indian Road Congress.
For example, in India, many citizens are born at home or in rural or remote areas, not in places such as hospitals or clinics where birth certificates are issued.
The issue of the identity of Indians of Nepali origin has fuelled an agitation for autonomy in the Darjeeling hills for many years.
[37] And CAA will not be useful for saving these non-Muslims as CAA is meant to provide citizenship to persecuted minorities of Islamic or Muslim majority neighbour countries- Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh but the Indian state of Bihar shares its international border with Nepal and most of the non-Muslims affected by the NRC in Bihar will not be able to prove their migration from these 3 countries.
[38] Kerala saw massive protests against CAA-NPR-NRC, including a statewide human chain, with the participation of around 6-7 million people.