NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday decided to demand deletion of eight “superfluous” queries from the NPR questionnaire that may lay the ground for a future NRC even as some members urged the brass to craft a narrative that it was not protesting just for Muslims but for all the poor who would be affected by the drive.At a briefing on NPR for its MPs and AICC state incharges, Congress said states governed by the party should oppose NPR and the party should convince more states to join the group. “We should create a nationwide coalition against NPR,” said a member.Former home minister P Chidambaram laid out the implications of new questions the government has added to the old questionnaire.The questions listed as suspect by Congress are about “date and place of birth of parents and mother tongue” and “Aadhaar, mobile number, driving licence, passport and voter ID”. The party decided to carry out a public campaign to sensitise people that such an exercise would hurt “all the poor” who would be weak on producing documents.While Congress biggies conceded that documents were not required under NPR, any refusal to answer could get a person marked doubtful. It was said NRC would follow NPR and thus the latter had to be screened seriously.However, some members raised concern BJP was cornering the opposition into a tough position by painting the anti-CAA-NRC protests as aimed at shielding “one community”. It was felt that all the poor, including SCs/STs and migrants, would be weak on producing documents to back their claims. A senior AICC office-bearer warned, “We need to have a strong narrative.”