Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Oct 23: State home minister Basavaraj Bomai, said that there is no question of dropping National Register of Citizens of India (NRC). He clarified that the NRC policies are formulated and executed by the central government.

Speaking to reports at Vidhana Soudha here on Tuesday October 22, Bommai said that the government is currently pooling information in the state, which would be forwarded to union home ministry, duly adding that the home ministry will take a final call on the issue.

The minister hastened to clarify that the Detention Centre being constructed near Nelamangala in the city outskirts has nothing to do with the NRC. He said that the detention centre is being built by social welfare department and that it will become functional shortly. He also clarified that people who overstay their visa and passport expiry dates in India would be found and lodged in this centre. Their details would be sent to the embassies of their respective countries and with their help, arrangements would be made to send them back to their countries, he added.

On the issue of explosion at Hubballi railway station, the minister said that the state police, along with police from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, have been investigating the incident from all angles. He confirmed that no one has been arrested in this case so far.

Bommai said that investigation is now going on about who sent the parcel and how it reached this particular railway station. He refused to go into the details till the investigation reached its logical conclusion.