New Delhi, Aug 1: BJP lawmaker from North East Delhi constituency, Manoj Tiwari, has written to Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking a drive similar to Assam's National Register of Citizen (NRC) to weed out the illegal immigrants from the national capital.

Tiwari, who also heads the Delhi BJP unit, claims the state has been infiltrated by a massive number of "Rohingya, Bangladeshi and other foreign intruders" who have raised security implications and threat to law and order.

In the best interest of Delhi, Tiwari said, he has appealed Rajnath Singh to initiate the drive at the earliest.

The draft NRC published in Assam on Monday included the names of nearly 2.89 crore as official citizens, out of the state's total population of 3.3 crores. With over 40 lakh people excluded, the Opposition raised protests, asking the Narendra Modi government to halt the drive at the earliest.

Emerging at the forefront of the anti-NRC protest, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said the campaign initiated by the BJP will divide the nation. "This will lead to a civil war and a bloodbath," she warned.

Reacting to her tirade, BJP chief Amit Shah said he is "shocked" that a sitting chief minister is "threatening a civil war" to express solidarity with illegal migrants. "How far will she go for the sake of her vote bank politics," asked Shah.

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