RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday reiterated his resolve not to implement NRC and said that nearly half of the state’s population would not be able to prove citizenship under NRC as they neither have land nor land records or documents for such an “anti-people” exercise.

“It’s true that if everyone has to prove that they are Indian citizens, almost half of our 2.80 crore population cannot do so. Many of them have no land, no records,” Baghel said. NRC will be an unnecessary burden, he warned. “If infiltrators have entered our country and are residing here, there are agencies to identify them and take action, such as deportation. It’s wrong to harass people,” he pointed out.

