The next big issue on the agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the implementation of the National Register of Citizens, which it will translate into a campaign as intense as the one seeking the building of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, senior party functionaries said on condition of anonymity, reports Hindustan Times.

The Supreme Court, on 9 November, ruled in favour of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, helping the BJP check one of the long-pending issues in its manifesto.

In August, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu & Kashmir, another manifesto-item of long standing.

The NRC in Assam is aimed at identify illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who entered Assam and settled there after March 25, 1971.

On Wednesday, home minister Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha that an NRC will be implemented across India