Hindus, Indian Muslims should not worry about NRC: Dilip Ghosh

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Monday said Hindus and Indian Muslims have nothing to worry about it as the exercise would be done only to weed out infiltrators.

Ghosh's comment comes in the backdrop of a panic gripping the people of West Bengal following repeated announcement of BJP leaders that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) would be implemented after the party comes to power in the state.

Hundreds of people are seen queueing at government and municipal offices across West Bengal to collect their birth certificates and other documents to be in readiness, should NRC be implemented in the state despite assurances by the TMC government that it would not be allowed in the state.

"The Hindus and Indian Muslims have nothing to worry about NRC. The Hindu refugees would be accorded citizenship under Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The Muslims who are living in India for the last several decades and have proper documents would not be affected. They will remain .