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Updated: Jan 20, 2020 03:18 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): The three-day CPI (M) central committee meeting concluded here on Sunday,
with the party calling upon the people not to answer any questions concerning the National Population Register (NPR).A press statement
issued by CPI (M) regarding decisions taken in the meeting that was later explained by CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury in a press
briefing, said, "The CPI(M) Central Committee called upon the people not to answer any questions concerning the NPR when the enumerators
These enumerators will have two sets of questions- one for the Census and one for the NPR
While the questions related to the Census may be answered, the questions related to the NPR must not be
CENSUS YES-NPR NO."The party also devised a new slogan with regard to NPR -- "Jawaab Nahi Denge (We shall not answer)".Further, it said,
"The Central Committee decided that all units of the party all across the country will conduct a house to house campaign explaining the
linkage between the NPR and the NRC and calling upon the people not to answer the NPR questions."Regarding the ongoing protest and police
action, the CPI(M) central committee observed, "Most brutal repression was unleashed in Uttar Pradesh with police firing on peaceful
protesters, ransacking homes, blaming the protesters for the violence done by them and on that basis filing false cases on innocent people
and imposing fines, reminiscent of the British repressive rule in India.""The Central Committee condemns the call given by the BJP Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh for revenge against protesters which is the inspiration for the ongoing police repression in the state
CAA-NPR-NRC Package," it said.After a resolution was passed in the Kerala Assembly seeking withdrawal of the CAA, Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan led government has approached the apex court against the Act that grants Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh,
Buddhist and Parsi communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and who entered India on or before
