Why Shashi Tharoor thinks Modi government is preparing for a nationwide NRC

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government recently moved a Cabinet note seeking to amend the Registration of Birth and Death Act 1969, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor claimed that it was the first step towards creating a nationwide National Register of Citizenship (NRC). In an exclusive interview with India Today NE, the diplomat-turned-politician and author explains why he is apprehensive of the Modi government’s alleged intent of creating an NRC for entire India.