After Bengal, Kerala govt puts NPR on hold

On Friday, the CPI(M)-LED government in Kerala ordered a “stay all the activities connected with the updation of National Population Register (NPR)”.
Earlier this week, the TMC government in West Bengal had put on hold the NPR updation process amid fears that it was the “first step” to the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Citing similar fears Kerala government have also opposed the new NPR bill.
Vijayan has made it clear that he is against the new citizenship law and the proposed pan-India NRC exercise.
The NPR updation is to be done across India (except Assam) from April 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, along with the next Census enumeration.

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