Delhi Assembly moves resolution against NPR, NRC with 61 MLAs having no birth certificates

Kejriwal included himself and his wife in the list of the people who do not have a proper birth certificate to produce during the process of NPR

"Me, my wife, my entire cabinet don't have birth certificates to prove citizenship. Will we be sent to detention centres?" Arvind Kejriwal asked in the Assembly.

When he asked MLAs to raise their hands if they had the certificates, only nine were able to do so.

He, therefore, made an appeal in the Delhi Assembly for the withdrawal of the NPR and NRC.

Kejriwal also challenged Union Ministers to show their certificates.

He claimed that the proposed NRC and NPR created fear and panic among the people and hence moving a resolution to not implement them will send a big message to the people who are scared that they would be sent to the detention centres for not having documents.

This comes a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said no documents are required for the National Population Register (NPR).

He also stated that no one will be declared "doubtful."

Responding to a discussion on the Delhi violence in the Rajya Sabha, Shah had said: "No document needs to be submitted. You can give whatever information you have and leave the other questions blank."

On being asked by a Congress leader whether "D" would be removed, the Home Minister had replied: "There will be no doubtful category... nobody will be put under this category."

Several states have earlier refused to carry out the NPR including Bihar, Telangana and West Bengal.

These proposed NPR, NRC along with the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) have triggered nationwide protests.

While the Centre said there would be no NRC for now, they plan to take forward NPR.

NPR was carried out last in 2010 as a part of the census and in the recent NPR, additional data fields require parents' birthplace and date of birth, a person's present and permanent address, mother tongue and nationality.