NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, FEB 9
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President M K Stalin has urged the state government not to allow the National Population Register (NPR) drive in Tamil Nadu.
If any move to go ahead with it would invite “stern opposition” from the people, he warned on Sunday.
He also renewed DMK’s demand for an anti-CAA resolution in the state assembly and said only such a move would be”atonement” for supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament.
Writing to party cadres, Stalin said the AIADMK government should not allow the National Population Register exercise in Tamil Nadu under any circumstances. “If the government attempted to do it to fulfil the objective of the BJP government at the Centre, I would like to caution that it will invite strong opposition from the people,” he said.
He urged the government to take steps for passing the resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act during the budget session, commencing on February 14.
Thanking his party workers and cadres of alliance parties for ‘active’ participation in the “one crore signature campaign” against the CAA, NPR and National Register of Citizens (NRC), he said as ‘expected’, it has turned into a people’s movement and so far it has seen over two crore signatures.
On February 2, Stalin launched the campaign of the DMK-led alliance which comprises among others the Congress. It is expected to be completed soon and the signatures are to be submitted to President Ram Nath Kovind.
The DMK chief, who is also the leader of opposition in Tamil Nadu, said the battle against the CAA will be taken forward if the Centre failed to reconsider its stand even after seeing the response to its signature campaign.
