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'Either Shah or Modi is lying about NRC,

'The Modi government thinks that once the CAA protests are over, they will bring in the NPR that will help to get the NRC.'

For almost a month now, Delhi's Shaheen Baug area has witnessed massive protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens. Braving the Delhi cold, men, and women with tiny children, have been agitating against the Narendra Damodardas Modi-led government's latest policy decision.
Among the thousand faces at the protest is a familiar one -- of actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, who has acted in films like Raees, Tanu weds Manu and more recently, the critically acclaimed Article 15.
"Muslims were struggling for their future, but now thanks to the NRC they are also struggling for their past," Zeeshan tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf.Rediff.com.

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