For the first time after implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and proposing to roll out the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and National Population Register (NPR), Actor and Political hopeful Rajinikanth has made his notion public on these policies of what the opposition parties criticized and agitated by stating that the BJP is upholding its Hindutva propaganda.

While addressing the reporters at his residence in Chennai, Rajinikanth said that NPR is important and it becomes essential and it was already done in 2010 and 2015 by the Central governments and its mandatory to take the survey on the population to identify and to ascertain the Indian nationalities and the nationalities of other countries living in India. By stating that the NRC is yet to be implemented, the Actor claimed that the Central BJP government had clearly ratified that the CAA is not against Indian people and it won't cause any issues. He said that its about providing citizenship for people who came to India after facing persecution in their countries.

He cited that the opposition parties had ignited panic across the nation that CAA is against Muslims. Rajinikanth asserted that he would be the first to voice against the government if it suppresses the Muslims. He added that Muslims are not facing any threat in the country and blamed the political parties for inciting the agitations for their self motives. He advised the students to rethink twice before protesting as they would be used by the political parties.

By stating that the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees have been camping here for the past three decades in India, Rajinikanth reiterated that they should be given with the dual citizenship. While responding to the question raised on the recent Income tax issue, Rajinikanth stated that he is a prompt and honest taxpayer. He also stated that he hasn't received the summon that was issued for him by the Inquiry commission which probes the Thoothukudi massacre and violence. 

On Tuesday, the Inquiry commission headed by retired Justice Aruna Jagadeesan issued a subpoena for Rajinikanth to appear before the commission on February 25th, 2020, to disclose his assertion and the base of his speech that he aired after visiting Thoothukudi in 2018. While responding about the riots that happened in May 2018 in Thoothukudi during the protest to shut down the Sterlite copper plant, Rajinikanth claimed that the violence was incited by the anti-social elements and these anti-social elements had collapsed the police patrols and attacked police personnel and sieged the District collectorate. He stated that the protesters are not public. He further added that the anti-social elements had stormed into the protests like how they infiltrated in Jallikattu protests. After the protests went violent, the police had reportedly assassinated and killed 13 people including a student.

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