Scholars, policymakers set action plan for anti CAA-NRC-NPR push

Siasat: In the past month, the citizens of India have risen in opposition against the recently introduced Citizenship (Amendment Act) (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The country is witnessing a spate of active citizen engagement via protests, demonstrations and activism. In light of the current clamour of confusion around the security and rights of minorities, the Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP) organised a talk on ‘The State of the Nation’ at Lamakaan.

An esteemed panel of experts including Dr. Abusaleh Shariff, NC Saxena and Dr. Amitabh Kundu addressed the audience. The event was chaired by Dr. Amir Ullah Khan, professor at Marri Channa Reddy Human Resources and Development Institute (MCRHRDI), Government of Telangana. Shariff is a former advisor to PM Manmohan Singh and a member of the Sachar commission, also the Chief Scholar at the US-India Public Policy Institute. He stressed that the NRC and CAA will deepen the institutional bias against the Muslim community. During his segment , he touched upon with the budgetary burdens of the NPR exercise.