As Assam is still is recovering from the impact of NRC, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das says there is a need for a National Register of Citizens (NRC) in his state also to check infiltration from Bangladesh because Hindus have become a minority in some districts. Assam in recent past had carried out the exercise of NRC to identify legal citizens and keep a track of infiltrators living in the state.

He also favours job reservations on the basis of economic backwardness and called for a consensus on the issue. "We will take all Bangladeshis out one by one. There is no doubt about it. In Pakur, Hindus are now in a minority. Bangladeshis are more than 50 per cent in Pakur while the numbers have increased significantly in Sahebganj, Godda and Jamtara districts. We will implement NRC in Jharkhand," Das told IANS in an interview during a visit organised by the BJP's Good Governance Cell.