Fact Check – Modi speech in Ramlila Maidan, Delhi (December 22, 2019)

WHAT PM SAID

No Indian Muslims are being sent to detention centres and neither are there any detention centres in this country

TRUTH

Detention camps in Assam are being run out of the district jails in Dibrugarh, Silchar, Tezpur, Jorhat, Kokrajhar and Goalpara. The Govt in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha had stated that 988 foreigners were lodged in six detention centres in Assam. The Govt is also in the process of building India’s first exclusive detention centre to house people declared as ‘illegal foreigners’ in Goalpara, Assam

Source: Rajya Sabha , NDTV
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WHAT PM SAID

Since my government has come to power in 2014, there has been no discussion on NRC anywhere. Only after the SC order, this exercise was done for Assam

TRUTH

The Home Minister on November 20, 2019 said on the floor of Rajya Sabha that the process of National Register of Citizens will be carried out across the country. BJP’s 2019 Manifesto also states that, ‘We will expeditiously complete the National Register of Citizens process in these areas on priority. In future, we will implement the NRC in a phased manner in other parts of the country.’

Source: Economic Times , Bjp.org
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WHAT PM SAID

Today Mamata didi has reached the United Nations from Kolkata, but till a few years ago, she stood in Parliament, she petitioned that infiltrators from Bangladesh should be stopped from entering the country

TRUTH

The issue raised in 2005 by Mamata Banerjee in Parliament was ‘no ID card, no vote' (on duplicate cards). The records are there in the public domain. No connection whatsoever to present issue.

Source: Rajya Sabha , Firstpost
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