‘Modi Trying To Cover Up Union Ministers' Statements On NRC'

Chidambaram says PM hasn’t had a real change of heart on the issue

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“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to cover up the statements made by Union Ministers and the BJP working president on the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He hasn’t had any real change of heart,” senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said on Monday.

“I don’t think he is stepping back. I don’t think there’s a real change of heart. I think the real change of heart will be visible when he makes a formal statement that the CAA will be kept in abeyance or suspension, and the NRC exercise is abandoned,” Mr. Chidambaram said when asked if the Prime Minister was taking a step back in the wake of protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.