The Narendra Modi government will not do something foolish like penalising millions if people do not cooperate in the National Population Register exercise that is scheduled to start from April 1, 2020, former Union minister P Chidamabaram said in Kolkata on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hope not. You will have to penalize crores of people. I believe the Modi government will not do something so foolish,\u201d Chidambaram told the media when asked whether there is any provision in the law to penalise someone for not cooperating when NPR and census exercises are rolled out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe state is perfectly justified in questioning the constitutional validity of CAA. The state is also entitled to cite law and order situation, widespread opposition among people, the reluctance of state government employees engaged in the exercise and the problems they will encounter at households who do not respond and shut the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai met representatives from all states to \u201cseek their cooperation\u201d in conducting Census 2021 and update NPR database. Representatives from West Bengal did not attending the meeting as chief minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that NPR will not be implemented in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cParticipation doesn\u2019t mean acquiescence. When the central government invites officers of state governments to state their cases why NPR should be ruled out, the officers go and attend the meeting to find out what the views of the census commissioner are and place on the table why they are opposing NPR. That is the correct thing to do,\u201d said Chidambaram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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