Tag: NRC violates Citizenship Act

New Delhi, Sep 10 : Faizan Mustafa, the Vice-Chancellor of the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, in an interview with The Wire has argued that India's concept of citizenship has been restricted and undermined. Mustafa also claimed that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam violated the Citizenship Act, 1955. "The NRC is a clear violation of Section 3 of the Citizenship Act. I am clear about it," he said. Mustafa also said that NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela's arguments were "laughable". Citing nuances of the Citizenship Act, he argued, "We...