New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The newly elected Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray on Monday assured the Muslim community that the Maha Vikas Aghadi government will not allow any detention center to be set up in Maharashtra under the National Register of Citizen (NRC) exercise. Besides, he also dismissed the previous BJP government’s decision to build the detention center in Nerul, Navi Mumbai.
Uddhav Thackeray’s statement came after he met two delegations of Muslim politicians and clerics on Monday. He told them that the Muslims living in Maharashtra should not fear being asked to leave the state amid the pan-India protests against the act. He also told the delegation that misinformation is being spread about detention camps.
“That is a system for foreign nationals who have served their sentence for the cases related to drugs or other offences. These foreign nationals are kept in detention camps during the time till they complete their documentation process for deportation. So, there is no need to fear about it.”
Uddhav also said that there is no decision till now on the NRC and assured that it will not affect the Muslim community living in the state. “If it all such a law comes, it will not be only for Muslims, but for all religions,” he assured the Muslim community.
He added that his government would not allow any detention camps in the state in connection with NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) when concerns were raised during the meeting. Home Minister Eknath Shinde, Industry Minister Subhash Desai, and Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve were also present at the meeting.
The new law excludes Muslims from an expedited process to acquire citizenship and has sparked fears that it would render Muslims stateless when NRC is rolled afterward.
Meanwhile as many as 10 chief ministers have stated they would not allow NRC in their states, and two – Bengal and Kerala - have stopped on updating the National Population Register.
Posted By: Talib Khan