The NRC has no such provision which says that no other religion will be taken under NRC. All citizens of India irrespective of religion will figure in the NRC list. The NRC is different from Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), said Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday.

Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Christian, Parsi refugees should get citizenship, that is why Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is needed so that these refugees who are being discriminated on basis of religion in Pakistan, Bangladesh or Afghanistan get Indian citizenship: Shah affirmed.

HM's remarks on NRC came following the questions raised by Assam MP Ripun Borah, Karnataka MP Syed Nasir Hussain and Swapan Dasgupta (Presidential nominee to the Rajya Sabha) in Rajya Sabha during the question hour.

The process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be carried out across the country. No one, irrespective of religion should be worried; it is just a process to get everyone under the NRC, said Shah.

People whose name has not figured in the draft list have theright to go to the Tribunal. Tribunals will be constituted across Assam. If anyperson doesn't have the money to approach Tribunal, then Assam govt to bear thecost to hire a lawyer, Shah added.