“The NPP condemns these unverified claims, which originate from opportunistic political rivalsknown only for creating loud noise and confusion to score cheap political points,” NPP national working president, James Sangma said. Sangma claims that the NPP is the only political party from the region that has made a robust, decisive assertion at the highest levels of the Union Government to safeguard religious andminority institutions. During the meeting, the Chief Minister formally placed the state’s deep concerns regarding Section 16A (5) and other restrictive provisions of the FCRA Bill before the Union Home Minister. Sangma claimed that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah had explicitly assured the delegation that extensive stakeholder consultations would be held. Further, the NPP leader also recalled that the Chief Minister Sangma accompanied by State Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong and representatives of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), met Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju over the proposed FCRA.