After Assam, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday followed suit and announced that the National Register of Citizens will be implemented in the state. "We will implement NRC in Haryana," Khattar told reporters in Panchkula after meeting Justice H S Bhalla (retd) and former Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba at their residences.

Khattar met them ahead of state polls in October under his party's "Maha Sampark Abhiyan". He had previously too supported NRC implementation across the country. He interacting with reporters after meeting Justice Bhalla, a retired high court judge and said, "I met them under Maha Sampark Abhiyan where we meet prominent citizens." "When we meet, the talk revolves around how to take the country forward and other such issues," he said.