As protests rocked Assam and other Northeastern states, Union home minister Rajnath Singh explained why changes in the Citizenship Act are so necessary.
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00:00There is no room for these identified minorities to live in any other place other than India.
00:30There is no room for these identified minorities to live in any other place other than India.
01:00There is no room for these identified minorities to live in any other place other than India.
01:30There is no room for these identified minorities to live in any other place other than India.
02:00There is no room for these identified minorities to live in any other place other than India.
02:30There is no room for these identified minorities to live in any other place other than India.
03:00There is no room for these identified minorities to live in any other place other than India.
03:30Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and other states.
03:35This law is for them as well, not just for the people of Assam.
03:40This is the burden of the whole country, not just of Assam.
03:45The central government will take the necessary steps for this.
03:51In Assam, there is an opinion that the Assam agreement has not been implemented properly.
03:58I would like to emphasize on this, that our government has taken strong steps in this direction.
04:06We have implemented NRC 27 very slowly and in a time-bound manner.
04:12On 30-07-2018, a complete draft has been published.
04:19The process of filing complaints and objections was also completed on 31-12-2018.
04:27We are fully committed to completing this exercise.
04:33I would like to assure this committee that on 30-07-2018,
04:38I had told this committee that no Indian citizen will be excluded from NRC.
04:46And there will be no discrimination against anyone.