Goa anti-CAA protesters resolve to oppose NPR Census 2021

    Panaji, Feb 21 (PTI) Participants in a Church-backed
anti-Citizenship Amendment Act rally in Panaji in Goa on
Friday resolved not to cooperate with government agencies for
the National Population Register and Census 2021 enumeration
exercises.
    Over 15,000 people took part in the rally, organised
by the 'Goa Alliance Against CAA-NRC-NPR' and backed by Centre
for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), a wing of Goa Church, at
Azad Maidan here.
    "We pledge that till the CAA-NPR-NRC is withdrawn, we
will not furnish any information whatsoever for the purposes
of NPR or for Census 2021," read the resolution adopted at the
rally.
    Nabila Hassan, who fought Jamia Milia Islamia case in
the High Court and JMI student Ayesha Renna addressed the
gathering while JNU student Rahul Sonpimple was the guest
speaker.
    "We the people gathered at the rally organised by Goa
Alliance Against CAA-NRC-NPR, at Azad Maidan, Panaji, Goa, on
February 21, 2020, firmly resolve to ensure our Constitution
and our laws shall always be founded and continue to be
founded on the principles of justice, equality, secularism,
socialism, democracy," the resolution read.
    Therefore, we are against any form of discrimination,
directly or indirectly, on grounds of religion, caste, gender,
class, sexual orientation, ability, age, occupation, it added.
    The speakers also raised concern over "arbitrary
cancellation" of Overseas Citizen of India cards and pointed
out that Goa had a large number of such card-holders. PTI RPS
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