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Will quit if NRC non-applicants enter Assam via CAA: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said he would resign if any person who has not applied for inclusion in the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) gets citizenship via the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019.

The rules of the CAA were notified on Monday evening, four years after Parliament green-signalled the piece of legislation. The Act allows non-Muslims who fled religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan and took refuge in India by December 31, 2014, to get citizenship faster than the normal process.

“As a son of Assam, I will be the first person to resign if a single person who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship through the CAA,” the Chief Minister said.

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