Former Union minister P. Chidamabaram answered the question of whether Modi govt will penalize people for not cooperating in the NPR exercise.
He said, "I hope not. You will have to penalize the crores of people. I believe the Modi government will not do something so foolish."
Chidambaram said, "The state (Bengal) is perfectly justified in questioning the constitutional validity of CAA."
"The state is also entitled to cite law and order situation, widespread opposition as these are very legitimate reasons why the state can tell the Centre that NPR can’t be rolled out on 1st April."
Let us tell you that the NPR database will be updated between April 1 and September 30 along with the house listing phase of Census 2021.