HT Correspondent

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New Delhi : Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his Chhattisgarh counterpart, Bhupesh Baghel, both from the Congress, on Saturday opposed a pan-India National Register of Citizens (NRC) that the central government has proposed to identify and deport illegal immigrants.

In a freewheeling session at the 17th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Baghel said that he is opposed to the NRC, and the exercise does not apply to his state. He added: “There is no space for fear in Indian tradition. All sections are feeling insecure. Reporters, doctors, industrialists — which section is not afraid?”

Amarinder, on his part, said that he found the whole issue “strange” and that no one could ask any person to leave the country through such a unilateral decision. The two CMs also talked about the Goods and Services Tax.

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