A noted ally of the ruling BJP, Bihar's Nitish Kumar asserted that nationwide implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) was needless and had no justification.

Bihar's chief minister made the remarks on the floor of the state assembly on Monday (Jan 13).

Kumar was answering the Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, who had demanded that the chief minister, who is an ally of the BJP, come clean on the issue of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, NRC and National Population Register (NPR).

The country is witnessing huge turmoil on these issues (CAA, NRC and NPR), Kumar said, adding that we should keep in mind that NRC was an exercise confined to Assam as part of the accord signed by the then Rajiv Gandhi government.