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BJP Jogs Chidambaram's Memory With Another Video On NPR
The slugfest between the BJP and Congress stalwart and former Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, continued with Amit Malviya, who heads the party's IT cell posting a fresh video on his Twitter timeline.
The slugfest between the BJP and Congress stalwart and former Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, continued with Amit Malviya, who heads the party's IT cell posting a fresh video on his Twitter timeline. Addressing the Congress leader sarcastically, the BJP spokesman wrote, "Mr. Chidambaram, your memory seems to be failing you. Let me help you a bit here...
In the 2012 video embedded in the tweet, the former Home Minister is heard saying that NPR camps will take place for enrolment and that they would be held a second time for those who missed out. He adds, "The household census data is the base...the NPR process is for the purpose of issuing the resident card which will eventually lead to a citizenship card."
Mr Chidambaram, Your memory seems to be failing you. Let me help you a bit here...
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) December 26, 2019
The year was 2012: 'NPR process is for the purpose of issuing a residents card, which will eventually lead to a citizenship card'.
It is infact the NDA that has delinked the NPR from citizenship. https://t.co/wiqBxHzQ2V pic.twitter.com/inQkKEmXaA
Earlier, the senior Congress leader claimed that he was pleased that the BJP had released a video clip his at the time of the launch of NPR. Chidambaram admitted that his launched the exercise, but that citizenship was not in the picture. The former Home Minister in his tweet, said, "Please listen to the video. We were enumerating the 'usual residents' of the country. The emphasis is on residency not citizenship," he claimed in his post.
I am happy that the BJP has released a video clip of the launch of NPR in 2010.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) December 26, 2019
Please listen to the video. We were enumerating the "usual residents" of the country. The emphasis is on residency not citizenship.
With the BJP nailing the claims of the Congress as far as the former Home Minister is concerned, it remains to be seen how the grand old party would react to this fresh response
