NRC to be introduced throughout country: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the NRC will be introduced throughout India and all illegal immigrants will be thrown out of the country through legal means.

He also said that people of the country have given its stamp of approval for the nationwide-implementation of the National Register of Citizens through the verdict of the 2019 elections.

"We had promised to the people of the country in our election manifesto that not only in Assam but we will bring NRC all over the country and make a register of the country's people, and for others (illegal immigrants) action would be taken as per law," he said at an event of Hindi daily Hindustan here.

The home minister said that the full abbreviation of the NRC is National Register of Citizens, not the National Register of Assam.

"So this should be implemented throughout the country and I believe that there should be a list of people of the country.

"I believe that the people in 2019 have given their views on this ...