BJP firm on CAA but silent on NRC... | India News - Times of India

The BJP’s manifesto omits plans to extend Assam’s NRC, signaling a strategic pivot from broad exclusionary citizenship policies to targeted religious inclusion under the CAA. This shift suggests the party now prioritizes consolidating its core base through specific religious criteria rather than pursuing widespread demographic verification. This evolution highlights the tension between inclusive democratic principles and exclusionary national identity politics within India’s evolving open data and citizenship frameworks.

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Published on 2024-04-15