The Communist Party of India (Marxist) central committee has decided to launch a ‘No to NPR’ campaign and door-to-door drive asking people to reject questions from Census personnel on NPR.

Briefing reporters about the deliberations of a three-day central committee meeting that concluded here on Sunday, general secretary Sitaram Yechury said that the door-to-door campaign was aimed at creating public awareness about the link between National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) and educate them on the need to reject questions on NPR. The meeting demanded that the Centre repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019.

Since the Census procedures were set to be launched on April 10, the meeting decided to complete the entire campaign by March 23, marking the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev.

Readings of the Preamble of the Constitution will be held on January 26 and campaign for promoting communal harmony will be conducted on January 30

Inputs from Economic Times