Haryana will soon prepare a citizens’ list along the lines of recently published Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC to keep a check on illegal immigration.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday, 15 September announced that the National Register of Citizens will be implemented in the state.
Besides this, constitution of a Law Commission is also being considered in the state and an independent department would be set up to solicit the services of intellectuals, he said.
“We will implement NRC in Haryana,” Khattar told reporters in Panchkula after meeting Justice HS Bhalla (retd) and former Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba at their residences.
Khattar met them as part of his party's “Maha Sampark Abhiyan” ahead of state polls in October. He had previously too supported the NRC implementation across the country.
Interacting with reporters after meeting Justice Bhalla, a retired high court judge and former chairman of state human rights commission, Khattar said, “I met them under Maha Sampark Abhiyan where we meet prominent citizens.”
‘We Talk About How to Take the Country Forward’
“When we meet, the talk revolves around how to take the country forward and other such issues,” he said.
He said that Justice Bhalla has taken up many assignments after his retirement, including heading the state human rights commission.
“These days he is also working on NRC and will visit Assam soon. I have said (to Justice Bhalla) that we will implement NRC in Haryana and have sought Bhalla ji's support and suggestion,” he told reporters outside Justice Bhalla's residence.
On 31 August, the final NRC in Assam was released, leaving 19 lakh people out.
The process of NRC update was started in Assam following a Supreme Court order in 2013 and since then, the apex court has closely monitored the entire process.
However, several political parties, including the BJP in the northeastern state, have voiced their dissatisfaction with the final document.
On Sunday, Khattar also said the Haryana government will look into the feasibility of setting up a Law Commission.
“He (Justice Bhalla) suggested that a Law Commission should be set up in Haryana. We shall study it and examine this too. The government will look into the feasibility of setting up of this commission and if people get benefitted with it, it will be set up.”Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana Chief Minister
An official release, quoting the chief minister, said that the state government is working on a parivar pechchan patra (family ID card). Khattar said that its data would be used in the NRC.
Khattar said that the BJP government has been transparent and worked honestly for the last five years.
He said he treats 2.5 crore population of the state as his family and his government had taken various initiatives for the benefit of the society.
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