<p>CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat said on Friday that the Centre was using the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register (NPR) as a "<gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774495666207862032836">trishul</gwmw>" (trident) to attack people.</p>.<p>She also dismissed the government's claim that the amended citizenship law has no nexus with the NRC and NPR.</p>.<p>Opposition parties have been alleging that the NPR is a step towards a <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774495677319593866438">nation-wide</gwmw> NRC.</p>.<p>"The Modi government is using the CAA, NRC, and NPR as a <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774495685318116986366">trishul</gwmw> to hit the heart of the country's people. The government does not follow the Constitution. It does not know the condition of women in the country," she said.</p>.<p>She also called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah "manufacturing units of lies".</p>.<p>Karat was talking to PTI on the sidelines of an event <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774495712238877621913">organised</gwmw> by the All India Democratic Women's Association in Byculla in south Mumbai.</p>.<p>"Ninety-three women are raped in India every day, of which a third <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15774495719275579712736">are</gwmw> minor. But the conviction rate in such cases is only four per cent," she said.</p>.<p>Contrary to the government's claim, the CAA is linked to the NRC, which in turn is linked with the NPR, the communist leader said.</p>.<p>"This government is talking about the 2010 NPR, so why did they add six new questions to the NPR pre-test questionnaire? From where people will provide the documents and proof of dead parents? The government is just playing with people's sentiments," she said.</p>
<p>CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat said on Friday that the Centre was using the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register (NPR) as a "<gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774495666207862032836">trishul</gwmw>" (trident) to attack people.</p>.<p>She also dismissed the government's claim that the amended citizenship law has no nexus with the NRC and NPR.</p>.<p>Opposition parties have been alleging that the NPR is a step towards a <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774495677319593866438">nation-wide</gwmw> NRC.</p>.<p>"The Modi government is using the CAA, NRC, and NPR as a <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774495685318116986366">trishul</gwmw> to hit the heart of the country's people. The government does not follow the Constitution. It does not know the condition of women in the country," she said.</p>.<p>She also called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah "manufacturing units of lies".</p>.<p>Karat was talking to PTI on the sidelines of an event <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774495712238877621913">organised</gwmw> by the All India Democratic Women's Association in Byculla in south Mumbai.</p>.<p>"Ninety-three women are raped in India every day, of which a third <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15774495719275579712736">are</gwmw> minor. But the conviction rate in such cases is only four per cent," she said.</p>.<p>Contrary to the government's claim, the CAA is linked to the NRC, which in turn is linked with the NPR, the communist leader said.</p>.<p>"This government is talking about the 2010 NPR, so why did they add six new questions to the NPR pre-test questionnaire? From where people will provide the documents and proof of dead parents? The government is just playing with people's sentiments," she said.</p>