Several from among the Congress’s think tank, particularly the lawyers within its ranks, have said the states cannot defy the Centre on carrying out the NPR

Current Affairs:The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday asked all non-BJP boss clergymen to not lead the National Population Register (NPR) in their separate states, while the Congress party kept on wavering on how its state governments proposed to contradict the activity to be completed alongside the decennial Census from April 1.
A few from among the Congress’ research organization, especially the legal advisors inside its positions, have said the states can’t challenge the Center on completing the NPR. This negates the joint goals the Congress marked and discharged alongside 19 other resistance groups a week ago.
The goals said the NPR is the reason for the National Register of Citizens (NRC). It said the gatherings request the withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the quick stoppage of the across the country NRC/NPR.
“All the Chief Ministers, who have reported that they won’t execute NRC in their state, must consider to suspend the NPR list as this is a preface to NRC,” the goals said. Be that as it may, Congress pioneers Kapil Sibal, Jairam Ramesh and others have said the states can’t do this.
Fund Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said such an activity would be unlawful. While some in the restriction contend this doesn’t fall inside the domain of Article 356, the subtext is that the Center can reject state governments if they somehow managed to resist.