Delhi BJP president and Lok Sabha member Manoj Tiwari has called for a national register of citizens in the national capital like the one implemented in Assam. He alleged that Lakhs of Bangladeshi immigrants were illegally residing in Okhla and his parliamentary constituency of northeast Delhi. He also mentioned places like Seelampur, Jaffrabad, and Mustafabad as well. He has requested union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for identification and deportation of each and every illegal Bangladeshi immigrant from the city by implementing NRC.