Cong Forms Panel to discuss CAB, NRC

Cong Forms Panel to discuss CAB, NRC

The Congress party has formed a group of leaders from North East and State in-charge of the North-Eastern states to discuss the party's position on various controversial issues.

The first meeting of the 'working group' comprising PCC presidents and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leaders was held at the AICC headquarter on Friday to deliberate on the National Register of Citizens and the CAB.

The Congress has been unable to navigate the tricky issue of NRC and Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that are closely interlinked, with varying voices within the party on the subjects. The party wants to be prepared well in time for the winter session of Parliament when the BJP government is expected to move the legislation.

The policy group has among its members Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, A.K. Antony, Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma, Jairam Ramesh, Ambika Soni, Kapil Sibal, Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and K.C. Venugopal. The meeting comes a day after results of the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls and the post-poll situation in the two States will also be up for deliberations.

The second committee to discuss NRC has former Assam MP Sushmita Dev; in-charges of North Eastern States Luizinho Falerio and Gaurav Gogoi; former president of West Bengal PCC Adhir Ranjan Choudhary; Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora; former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma; Nagaland PCC president Kewekhape Therie; and former Chief Minister of Mizoram Lal Tanhawala among others.

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