Fear of statelessness haunts thousands rejected by NRC in Assam
4 years, 9 months ago

Fear of statelessness haunts thousands rejected by NRC in Assam

The Hindu  

The fear of statelessness among in Assam has a name now. The number is a reference to Ms. Begum, who submitted 15 documents, including PAN card, land revenue receipt and bank passbook but did not pass muster for the Gauhati High Court to overrule the order of a Foreigners Tribunal declaring her a foreigner of the “post-March 1971 stream”. But the case of Ms. Begum, who has been absconding after the dismissal of her petition, has made Mr. Ali and thousands like him lose hope as the NRC authorities prepare to issue rejection slips. All 26 members of his family were excluded because his father’s name had minor alphabetical changes in different “admissible” documents possibly due to clerical errors. And the excluded will have to go the FTs, which will be like jumping from the frying pan to the fire,” All Assam Minority Students’ Union president Rejaul Karim Sarkar told The Hindu.

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Assam Citizenship Crisis: Supreme Court Backs 1971 Cut-off Date, Impact on NRC and CAA Implementation
2 months ago

Assam Citizenship Crisis: Supreme Court Backs 1971 Cut-off Date, Impact on NRC and CAA Implementation

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 07, 2024 21:26 IST - 12 MINS READ With the five-member Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. The Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha filed a petition challenging Section 6A and seeking 1951 as the cut-off year for accepting immigrants as Indian citizens; it also wanted the NRC to be updated. The State now has two cut-off …

Northeastern View | How Assam’s citizenship deprivation regime abets unjust forced deportations
7 months, 1 week ago

Northeastern View | How Assam’s citizenship deprivation regime abets unjust forced deportations

Hindustan Times  

On May 16, the Supreme Court of India asked the central government to take “immediate steps” to deport 17 people declared foreigners by Assam’s Foreigners Tribunals and are currently lodged in a foreigner detention centre – officially known as a ‘Transit Camp’ – in the state’s Goalpara district. Disenfranchisement in numbers In Assam, the quasi-judicial FT regime, by virtue of …

Will quit if NRC non-applicants enter Assam via CAA: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Will quit if NRC non-applicants enter Assam via CAA: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said he would resign if any person who has not applied for inclusion in the updated National Register of Citizens gets citizenship via the Citizenship Act of 2019. “As a son of Assam, I will be the first person to resign if a single person who has not applied for NRC gets …

Assam illegal immigrants | Supreme Court postpones hearing on challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act to December 5
1 year, 2 months ago

Assam illegal immigrants | Supreme Court postpones hearing on challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act to December 5

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned a scheduled Constitution Bench hearing on a series of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, to December 5. Section 6A was a special provision inserted into the 1955 Act in furtherance of a Memorandum of Settlement called the ‘Assam Accord’ signed on August 15, 1985 by the then …

Former state NRC coordinator to face probe for alleged irregularities: Assam CM
1 year, 8 months ago

Former state NRC coordinator to face probe for alleged irregularities: Assam CM

Hindustan Times  

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that Prateek Hajela, former state coordinator of the National Register of Citizens, will have to face a probe for alleged irregularities committed while updating the register that was aimed to detect “illegal immigrants” in the northeastern state. If he really gets VRS, it will be a victory for the Assamese people.” …

Over 30,000 Illegal Foreigners Deported Till 31 August Based on Assam Accord
2 years, 3 months ago

Over 30,000 Illegal Foreigners Deported Till 31 August Based on Assam Accord

The Quint  

According to the Assam Accord signed on 15 August 1985, anyone entering the state on or after 25 March 1971 will be deemed a foreigner and will be deported from the state. Clause 6 of the Assam Accord guarantees "Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate, shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic …

No lives lost due to NRC update exercise, Assam CM tells Assembly
2 years, 9 months ago

No lives lost due to NRC update exercise, Assam CM tells Assembly

The Hindu  

No lives were lost during the exercise to update the National Register of Citizens of 1951 in Assam, the State government has said. Replying to a question from Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the 126-member Assembly on Wednesday that 31 people died in the transit camps for declared foreigners since 2009 in Assam. Data …

Assam CM wants fresh NRC
2 years, 9 months ago

Assam CM wants fresh NRC

The Hindu  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the updating of the National Register of Citizens in the State should be done afresh. The updated list of citizens published in August 2019 had excluded 19.06 lakh people out of 3.3 crore applicants. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Assam had found fault with the updated NRC draft, alleging that …

Assam to seek Aadhaar cards for persons left out of NRC
2 years, 9 months ago

Assam to seek Aadhaar cards for persons left out of NRC

The Hindu  

The Assam government has decided to approach the Supreme Court for directing the Centre to provide Aadhaar cards to people left out of the updated National Register of Citizens published in 2019. “The lack of Aadhaar cards has deprived these 27 lakh people, some of whom belong to the indigenous communities, of government schemes such as free rice or housing. …

The controversies around the Final Draft of Citizenship in Assam
3 years, 1 month ago

The controversies around the Final Draft of Citizenship in Assam

The Hindu  

The story so far: In response to a Right to Information application by The Hindu, the State Coordinator, National Register of Citizens, Assam said that 1032 doubtful cases in the final draft of NRC, Assam have been referred to the concerned district commissioners for necessary action. The State Coordinator, NRC said that the details of “illegal foreigners” had crept into …

Only 1032 doubtful cases from NRC referred for further action
3 years, 1 month ago

Only 1032 doubtful cases from NRC referred for further action

The Hindu  

Only little over a thousand doubtful cases in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens, Assam have been referred to the concerned district commissioners for necessary action, State Coordinator of NRC, Assam has said in an RTI reply. The BJP-ruled Assam government has rejected the NRC in its current form and demanded re-verification of at least 30% names …

Book review: No Land’s People indicts India’s NRC process
3 years, 2 months ago

Book review: No Land’s People indicts India’s NRC process

Al Jazeera  

Indian journalist Abhishek Saha documents how the citizenship determination process in Assam state was marred by ‘bias and arbitrariness’. “As a journalist I covered the NRC exercise dispassionately … I extensively reported on how the battle to prove one’s citizenship in Assam affected the ordinary person, the worst sufferers being the poor and the illiterate, most of whom belonged to …

NRC in limbo, Assam govt. appears to have gone soft on ‘Bangladeshi’ issue
3 years, 3 months ago

NRC in limbo, Assam govt. appears to have gone soft on ‘Bangladeshi’ issue

The Hindu  

The long pause in the exercise to update the National Register of Citizens and a series of decisions have indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Assam government may have gone soft on the ‘Bangladeshi’ issue. Detention centres renamed ‘transit camps’ Apart from going slow on the NRC, the government showed signs of softening its stand on the Bangladeshi issue by …

Done and dusted: On the National Register of Citizens process
3 years, 3 months ago

Done and dusted: On the National Register of Citizens process

The Hindu  

While there may have been lulls aplenty, the next twist or turn in the long-running saga of the National Register of Citizens update for Assam is never far. Unsurprisingly, its publication annoyed political parties across the ideological divide, with some alleging it victimised document-less Bengali Hindus and indigenous Assamese people and others that it targeted the State’s Bengali-origin Muslims. In …

NRC Published in August 2019 is Final, Rules Assam Foreigners' Tribunal
3 years, 3 months ago

NRC Published in August 2019 is Final, Rules Assam Foreigners' Tribunal

News 18  

The National Register of Citizens published on August 31, 2019 is the “Final NRC”, ruled a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam, even as the Registrar General of India is yet to notify it. Declaring a man Indian citizen, the tribunal in Karimganj district held that though National Identity Cards are yet to be issued, “but there is no doubt that this …

Two years later, Assam’s NRC remains incomplete and controversial
3 years, 4 months ago

Two years later, Assam’s NRC remains incomplete and controversial

Hindustan Times  

It was expected to be a document that would end, once and for all, Assam’s long festering issue of illegal immigrants. The controversy around inclusion, exclusion and corruption Besides the application filed by the NRC coordinator, several others were also filed in SC blaming the process and seeking re-verification of the list. Two of them were filed by Assam Public …

Gurkhas not to be tagged as foreigners, orders Assam govt
3 years, 4 months ago

Gurkhas not to be tagged as foreigners, orders Assam govt

The Hindu  

The Assam government’s Political Department on Tuesday issued a notification ordering the State police’s Border wing not to forward any case against Gurkhas to the Foreigners’ Tribunals under the Foreigners’ Act of 1946. The official notification follows the Himanta Biswa Sarma Cabinet’s decision on August 4 to exempt the community from being tagged as non-citizens and tried in the tribunals …

Assam NGO files FIR against former NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela
3 years, 6 months ago

Assam NGO files FIR against former NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela

Hindustan Times  

A Guwahati-based NGO has lodged a police complaint against former coordinator of National Register of Citizens Prateek Hajela, alleging manipulation of family tree verification to include names of illegal migrants in the list, which was to include names of genuine Indian citizens. “We suspect there was manipulation in family tree verification during the process that led to inclusion of many …

Assam NRC authority seeks re-verification of citizens’ list
3 years, 7 months ago

Assam NRC authority seeks re-verification of citizens’ list

The Hindu  

The Assam National Register of Citizens authority has approached the Supreme Court seeking a comprehensive and time-bound re-verification of the citizens’ list, highlighting “major irregularities” in the process. The interlocutory application by State NRC Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma also prays for the deletion of illegal voters from Assam’s electoral rolls besides the revision of the draft NRC and a supplementary …

Assam NRC: State Coordinator Moves Supreme Court Seeking Comprehensive, Time Bound Re-verification Of Draft NRC
3 years, 7 months ago

Assam NRC: State Coordinator Moves Supreme Court Seeking Comprehensive, Time Bound Re-verification Of Draft NRC

Live Law  

The State Co-ordinator of the Assam NRC has approached the Supreme Court seeking a comprehensive and time bound reverification of draft NRC and the supplementary list of NRC under Clause 4 of Schedule of Citizenship Rules, 2003 highlighting major irregularity in the process of making the same.The intervention application. The State Co-ordinator of the Assam NRC has approached the Supreme …

Court stays sacking of 252 Assam NRC workers
3 years, 8 months ago

Court stays sacking of 252 Assam NRC workers

The Hindu  

The Gauhati High Court has stayed the termination of 252 junior assistants who had been employed on contract for updating the National Register of Citizens in Assam. They were served the termination notice on March 26, three days after the Registrar General of India ordered the closure of the NRC office in Assam and declined to sanction any fund after …

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Waiver of farmer debts, identification of immigrants in Congress manifesto
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Waiver of farmer debts, identification of immigrants in Congress manifesto

The Hindu  

Waiving off the debts of farmers and beginning the process of identification of illegal immigrants topped the list of promises in the Congress manifesto that former party president Rahul Gandhi released in Guwahati on Saturday. The Congress pledged to take steps to solve the problem of illegal immigrants based on the March 25, 1971 cut-off date as prescribed in the …

Plea To Provide Legal Aid To NRC Excluded People In Assam: Gauhati High Court Issues Notice To UOI, State Government
3 years, 10 months ago

Plea To Provide Legal Aid To NRC Excluded People In Assam: Gauhati High Court Issues Notice To UOI, State Government

Live Law  

While hearing a plea filed by the Human rights organization 'Citizens for Justice and Peace' seeking proper legal aid for such people who have been left out of the National Register of Citizens in Assam, the Gauhati High Court on Monday issued notice to the Union of India, State Government among others. In related news, the Assam Government last month …

Man who was declared ‘foreigner’ passes away at 104 in Assam
4 years ago

Man who was declared ‘foreigner’ passes away at 104 in Assam

The Hindu  

A bedridden man who was sent to a detention centre for foreigners at the age of 102 has died at his residence in southern Assam’s Barak Valley. “He could barely speak but had one last wish – to die as a recognised Indian,” she said from their residence at Amraghat near district headquarters Silchar. “Sad to know,” said Lakshmanan S., …

Assam NRC list of August 2019 not final, state coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma tells Gauhati High Court
4 years, 1 month ago

Assam NRC list of August 2019 not final, state coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma tells Gauhati High Court

Firstpost  

In an affidavit, Sarma said that over 10,000 names were either wrongly included or excluded in the list, adding that necessary orders have been issued to delete nearly 4,800 ‘ineligible persons’ from the document Guwahati: The historic National Register of Citizens in Assam published in August last year was only a “supplementary list” and the final document is yet to …

Assam NRC Published Last Year Not Final, Over 10k Names Wrongly Included: State Coordinator to HC
4 years, 1 month ago

Assam NRC Published Last Year Not Final, Over 10k Names Wrongly Included: State Coordinator to HC

News 18  

The historic National Register of Citizens in Assam published in August last year was only a "supplementary list" and the final document is yet to come out, state coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has told the Gauhati High Court. In the "supplementary list" of the NRC, over 10,000 names were either wrongly included or excluded and necessary orders have been issued …

‘Foreigners’ in the NRC: Affidavit filed in High Court
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Foreigners’ in the NRC: Affidavit filed in High Court

The Hindu  

The National Register of Citizens authorities have submitted to the Gauhati High Court an affidavit reportedly containing the details of “illegal foreigners” whose names had crept into the updated list of citizens released in 2019. It was later found that some “ineligible people” — those without papers establishing their domicile in Assam before March 24, 1971 — had been included …

Explain Inclusion Of 'Undeserving' Individuals In Assam National Register Of Citizens: Gauhati High Court Directs NRC Coordinator [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

Explain Inclusion Of 'Undeserving' Individuals In Assam National Register Of Citizens: Gauhati High Court Directs NRC Coordinator [Read Order]

Live Law  

In a recent verdict, the Gauhati High Court asked the coordinator of National Register of Citizens to explain how the name of the Petitioner got included in the Register despite the fact that at the relevant point of time, proceedings against her were continuing. "Let the Assam State Coordinator, NRC file a comprehensive affidavit and bring on record the situations …

Around 10,000 'ineligible names' to be deleted from final NRC in Assam, say reports
4 years, 2 months ago

Around 10,000 'ineligible names' to be deleted from final NRC in Assam, say reports

Firstpost  

NRC coordinator Sarma said he cannot comment on the total number of “erroneous inclusions", however, sources told PTI that around 10,000 people have been identified whose names were “wrongly included” Around 10,000 names will be deleted from the final NRC in Assam as many “ineligible persons” and their descendants were included in the list, according to a directive issued by …

Names of 10,000 'Ineligible Persons' and Their Descendants to Be Deleted from Final Assam NRC List
4 years, 2 months ago

Names of 10,000 'Ineligible Persons' and Their Descendants to Be Deleted from Final Assam NRC List

News 18  

Around 10,000 names will be deleted from the final NRC in Assam as many “ineligible persons” and their descendants were included in the list, according to a directive issued by its state coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma and officials in the know of the decision. “As per the reports received from your end through Webform, some names of ineligible persons belonging …

Covid-19 Lockdown: What Does it Mean for Assam's 'Doubtful Voters' and NRC Rejects
4 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 Lockdown: What Does it Mean for Assam's 'Doubtful Voters' and NRC Rejects

News 18  

A few days back it was only freedom and nothing else that mattered, but today when she is out in the open after 10 long years in detention, she is still crying for freedom. The decision of the apex court, which was in response to a petition filed by Justice and Liberty Initiative, a civil society group, on March 25, …

SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of Detainees Who Have Spent More Than Two Years In Assam Foreigners' Detention Centres
4 years, 9 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of Detainees Who Have Spent More Than Two Years In Assam Foreigners' Detention Centres

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Centre and Assam government on a plea seeking release of persons who have spent more than two years in the foreigners detention centers in Assam.The petition filed by Raju Bala Das, a detainee for more than 2 years, cites the risk of COVID-19 infection amidst the overcrowded situations in detention centres.There are …

COVID-19 : Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Persons From Foreigners Detention Centres In Assam [Read Application]
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 : Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Persons From Foreigners Detention Centres In Assam [Read Application]

Live Law  

An application has been filed in Supreme Court seeking the immediate release of 'declared foreigners' detained across six detention centers in Assam citing the risk of contracting COVID-19 infection. The applicant, an Assam based Public Charitable Trust 'Justice and Liberty Initiative', seeks to intervene in the matter where Suo Motu cognizance was taken by the Apex Court in an attempt. …

Frightening Parallels: NRC-Excluded in Assam and Rohingya Refugees
4 years, 10 months ago

Frightening Parallels: NRC-Excluded in Assam and Rohingya Refugees

The Quint  

On 22 December 2019, Mohammed Sanaullah, a retired army officer settled down in front of his television in his ancestral home in Kalahikash village, 60 kilometres from Guwahati, the capital of the state of Assam in north-eastern India. The family had tuned in to watch the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, address an election rally in Delhi, speaking for the …

NRC: Assam government to hand out rejection slips to over 19 lac people
4 years, 10 months ago

NRC: Assam government to hand out rejection slips to over 19 lac people

Op India  

The Assam Government will issue rejection slips to 19 lac people whose name did not find a place in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens, starting from March 20. Patowary said that 12% of work-related to the scanning of ‘speaking order’ was left and that rejection slips would be issued after the work gets completed around March …

19 lakh people from March 20 to start receiving NRC rejection slips in Assam
4 years, 10 months ago

19 lakh people from March 20 to start receiving NRC rejection slips in Assam

India TV News  

Over 19 lakh people from March 20 may start receiving 'Rejection Slip' issued by the National Register of Citizens authority, the Assam government has informed. At present, work related to scanning of "speaking order" is going on and around 12 per cent job is left, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said while replying to a written query by Congress …

MHA-appointed panel's recommendation of 1951 as cut-off date to define Assam 'indigenous' meets resistance from minority groups
4 years, 10 months ago

MHA-appointed panel's recommendation of 1951 as cut-off date to define Assam 'indigenous' meets resistance from minority groups

Firstpost  

The Sharma Committee, which has members of the All Assam Students Union, one of the signatory bodies of the Assam Accord, and is headed by Justice Biplab Kumar Sharma, will submit its recommendations on Clause 6 of the Assam Accord on Tuesday as the debate over who is ‘Assamese’ continues. The Amid the raging protests over the contentious citizenship Act …

Assam NRC authority seeks details of ‘ineligible persons’
4 years, 10 months ago

Assam NRC authority seeks details of ‘ineligible persons’

The Hindu  

The National Register of Citizens authority has indicated at an erroneous updating exercise by asking the district heads in Assam to provide details of “ineligible persons” in the final list of citizens published on August 31, 2019. Indigenous groups believe many illegal immigrants have made it to the NRC in the three Bengali-dominated southern Assam districts – Cachar, Hailakandi and …

NRC: Centre gives relief to excluded children whose parents feature in list
4 years, 10 months ago

NRC: Centre gives relief to excluded children whose parents feature in list

Op India  

While answering a question in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Nityananda Rai, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, informed the House that the children whose names did not find a place in the National Register of Citizens in Assam will not be sent to detention centres, provided their parents are included in the final list. He added that …

The truth about Assam's detention centres
4 years, 11 months ago

The truth about Assam's detention centres

India Today  

In a direct refutal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that there are no detention centres in India, Nityananda Rai, Union minister of state for home, admitted in the Lok Sabha on February 4 to the existence of six such in Assam. The government of India has also authorised the state government to set up detention centres to keep illegal …

Assam NRC exercise and citizenship determination drive hold warning to other states of the shape of things to come
4 years, 11 months ago

Assam NRC exercise and citizenship determination drive hold warning to other states of the shape of things to come

Firstpost  

As the nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Population Register and National Register of Citizens rage on in India, the streets are abounding with speculations about what the country’s future is going to look like. It was only last year November when former Chief Justice of India and one of the two Supreme Court judges that passed the …

Don’t send children excluded from Assam NRC to detention camps: Supreme Court
5 years ago

Don’t send children excluded from Assam NRC to detention camps: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered that children excluded from the National Register of Citizens for Assam but whose parents/guardians/caregivers are part of the final list, should not be sent to detention camps or separated from their loved ones at any cost. Mr. Venugopal intervened, saying “children excluded from NRC whose parents have been given citizenship will not be sent …

Assam NRC: Children of Indian citizens not to go to detention centres, govt tells SC
5 years ago

Assam NRC: Children of Indian citizens not to go to detention centres, govt tells SC

India TV News  

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that children, whose parents have been given citizenship through NRC, will not be separated from their families and sent to the detention centres in Assam. "Almost three months after the publication of the NRC Final List, the state of Assam is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis as a direct result …

Children Of Parents Included In Assam NRC Will Not Be Sent To Detention Centres : AG Tells SC [Read Order]
5 years ago

Children Of Parents Included In Assam NRC Will Not Be Sent To Detention Centres : AG Tells SC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Attorney General of India K K Venugopal on Monday assured the Supreme Court that children of persons included in Assam NRC will not be sent to detention centres while the Court is considering the application seeking protection of such children.The AG made this submission before a bench of CJI SA Bobde, Justices Surya Kant and B R Gavai in …

SC Asks New Assam NRC Coordinator To Explain His 'Communal' Facebook Post
5 years ago

SC Asks New Assam NRC Coordinator To Explain His 'Communal' Facebook Post

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde on Monday required recently-appointed Assam NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma to explain the comments posted by him on his Facebook page prior to his appointment.Sarma's views regarding "East Pakistani Muslims" residing in the state have been widely criticised as being indicative of his approach towards the already-controversial. The Supreme …

NRC and story of how Assam got detention centres for foreigners
5 years ago

NRC and story of how Assam got detention centres for foreigners

India Today  

Assam currently has six detention camps. Though detection, detention and deportation of illegal immigrants are old demands in Assam, a little background about the creation of these detention centres may help understand the context. FIRST DETENTION CAMPS In July 2009, then Assam Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman informed state assembly that two detention camps would be set up to hold illegal …

CAA-NRC combo is not discriminatory against Indian Muslims
5 years ago

CAA-NRC combo is not discriminatory against Indian Muslims

Op India  

The most recent criticism in regard to the Citizenship Amendment Act enacted by both Houses of Parliament is that it isn’t the CAA that is the problem. Members of six religions, that is Christians, Buddhists, Parsis, Jains, Sikhs and Hindus fleeing three countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh can apply for Indian citizenship if they can demonstrate a physical presence in …

Narendra Modi's remarks on NRC contradict Amit Shah's claims
5 years ago

Narendra Modi's remarks on NRC contradict Amit Shah's claims

The Hindu  

Addressing a rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that there have been no discussions on an all-India National Register of Citizens since the BJP-led government assumed power in 2014. Claims and counterclaims On November 20, 2019, in a reply to a question by Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, Home Minister Amit Shah said that …

Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens: The Evils That Aren't - News18
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens: The Evils That Aren't - News18

News 18  

The passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act in both Houses of Parliament has thrown up protests — violent and peaceful — as well as criticisms ranging from unconstitutionality of the CAA to exclusion of certain other refugees to the criminal designs of the CAA-NRC combination. First, it isn’t just Hindus but five other minority religions from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh …

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