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GUWAHATI: The two-day state executive meeting of BJP , with a focus on the Centre's Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, began at Nalbari on Friday. The committee will also discuss the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens ( NRC ) on June 30 and the possible implications thereafter. "The party feels that the state government should wait for the publication of the NRC and asses the situation thereafter. "The executive committee will move a political resolution on NRC and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on Saturday after the issues are discussed by all the members," BJP leader and commerce minister Chandramohan Patowary said.However, sources said BJP will not explicitly express its stance on the bill until the final NRC draft is published. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, during his meeting with Aasu on Thursday, has also expressed his opposition to the proposed legislation and promised to convince Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap the bill..