No NRC in Bihar: Nitish

December 20, 2019 16:05

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose government is propped up by the BJP follows in West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's lead saying, "The National Register of Citizens will not be implemented in Bihar."

Facing criticism over his support to the amended citizenship law, Nitish Kumar on Thursday said he "guaranteed" that minorities will not get a raw deal "as long as we are around".

"Just look at the efforts we made for the uplift of the minorities. Those who were in power earlier are engaged in inciting people. They should tell us what the minorities got during their reign," Kumar said at a public meeting here during his 'Jal Jeevan Hariyali' Yatra.

"There are people who are engaged in the business of whipping up passions. But we believe in serving all and taking every social segment along. And we guarantee that as long as we are around, the minorities will not get a raw deal," said the Chief Minister, who is also the national president of the JD(U).

Opposition parties have accused Kumar of compromising on his professed commitment to secularism by supporting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Parliament. Many top office-bearers of the JD(U), including national vice-president Prashant Kishor and national general secretaries Pavan Varma and Ghulam Rasool Balyawi have openly expressed opposition to the party's stand. -- PTI

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