Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on March 12 said that he will be the first to resign if one person, who has not applied for the National Register of Citizens (NRC), gets citizenship.
Will Resign If One Person Who Has Not Applied For NRC Gets Citizenship: Assam CM
CM Sarma’s remarks come after protests erupted across the state with opposition parties flaying the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre for implementing the Citizenship Act (CAA), 2019 on March 11.
“I am a son of Assam and if a single person who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship, I will be the first to resign,” he said on the sidelines of a programme at Sivasagar.
The anti-CAA protesters are claiming that lakhs of people will enter the state after the implementation of CAA. “If this happens, I will be the first to protest,” the Chief Minister said.
