P Chidambaram said that BJP will try to enter other states (using UCC and NRC) including Tamil Nadu.
Bengaluru:
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday cautioned the people of Karnataka against the BJP’s election manifesto promising Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). State.
The BJP’s election manifesto for Karnataka, released on Monday, said, “We will implement the UCC in Karnataka based on the recommendations made by a high-level committee, which is to be constituted for the purpose. Will present the register and ensure that.” Speedy deportation of all illegal immigrants in the state.”
Addressing a press conference here, Mr Chidambaram termed the UCC and NRC as a “malign agenda creeping into the south of India” and said they (BJP) were looking for a gateway in Karnataka.
The former Union minister also said he was not concerned about anything else in the BJP manifesto as “they are irrelevant”.
“I am very worried about the UCC and the promise of NRC. It will divide Karnataka, it will polarize Karnataka. It will create social conflict,” he said.
According to Chidambaram, BJP will try to enter Tamil Nadu and other states (using UCC and NRC).
The Congress leader asserted, “We will strongly oppose these destructive ideas entering Tamil Nadu. But my humble appeal to the people of Karnataka is to strongly oppose and stop this sinister, destructive agenda in Karnataka.”
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