India excludes nearly 2 million people from Assam citizen list
5 years, 4 months ago

India excludes nearly 2 million people from Assam citizen list

Al Jazeera  

Nearly two million people have been excluded from a list of citizens in India‘s northeastern Assam state, raising fears they could be rendered stateless. ‘No need to panic’ Assam’s Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal called for calm on Saturday, pledging to take “special care” with those whose names have been excluded. But Himanta Biswa, a minister from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, criticised the process, saying “so many genuine Indians” had been left off the NRC. Samujjal Bhattacharya from the All Assam Students’ Union, a key driver of the NRC, said the register was necessary to protect Assam’s indigenous “sons of the soil”.

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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 …

More than 1.59 lakh declared as 'foreigners' in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma
10 months, 4 weeks ago

More than 1.59 lakh declared as 'foreigners' in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Hindustan Times  

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has shared that more than 1.59 lakh people have been declared as 'foreigners' in the state so far. Assam chief minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma Sarma was responding to a question by opposition AIUDF legislator Aminul Islam in the assembly. In response to another question from Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed, Sarma said as per …

Inflow Of Illegal Migrants To Assam And North-Eastern States
1 year, 1 month ago

Inflow Of Illegal Migrants To Assam And North-Eastern States

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Government to furnish data on the inflow of illegal migrants to Assam and North-Eastern states after March 25, 1971.The Court also directed the Centre to inform the steps taken by the Government at an administrative level to deal with illegal immigration into the North Eastern states particularly Assam. The Supreme Court on …

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 …

Identify Assamese Muslims as a distinct community: panel
2 years, 8 months ago

Identify Assamese Muslims as a distinct community: panel

The Hindu  

A panel set up by the Assam Government has recommended a notification for identifying Assamese Muslims as a distinct, indigenous community and undertaking a census to document them. “A provision similar to Article 333 of the Indian Constitution may be enacted to provide a representation of Assamese Muslims in Parliament and Assam Legislative Assembly,” the panel said, advocating the creation …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

Voters Excluded from NRC Can Vote in Assam Assembly Polls, Says CEC Sunil Arora
3 years, 11 months ago

Voters Excluded from NRC Can Vote in Assam Assembly Polls, Says CEC Sunil Arora

News 18  

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Wednesday said those excluded from Assam’s updated National Register of Citizens can vote in the assembly polls likely to be held in April-May if their names are on the final electoral rolls. Assembly polls are to be held on the basis of the final electoral rolls, which have enlisted a total of 2,29,92,505 voters …

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 …

Assam Foreigners’ Tribunals have 83,000 pending cases
4 years, 4 months ago

Assam Foreigners’ Tribunals have 83,000 pending cases

The Hindu  

The State government said on Monday 83,008 cases of doubtful or D-voters were pending across the 100 Foreigners’ Tribunals in Assam. 1.13 lakh doubtful voters in Assam To a question by Congress MLA Zakir Hussain Sikdar, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary told the 126-member House that the Sorbhog Assembly constituency in Barpeta district has the highest pending cases at …

Cleanse voters’ list before Assam polls: NGO
4 years, 4 months ago

Cleanse voters’ list before Assam polls: NGO

The Hindu  

An Assam-based NGO, whose 2009 petition in the Supreme Court led to the exercise of updating the National Register of Citizens, has demanded that the voters’ rolls be cleansed of “illegal foreigners” ahead of the 2021 State elections. The Assam Public Works said the polls should be postponed if the government does not undertake 100% re-verification of the “faulty” NRC …

Enforce NRC Throughout India To Remove "Illegal Immigrants": PIL In SC Seeks Issuance Of Directions To Centre To Revise Voters' List
4 years, 4 months ago

Enforce NRC Throughout India To Remove "Illegal Immigrants": PIL In SC Seeks Issuance Of Directions To Centre To Revise Voters' List

Live Law  

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking issuance of directions to the Government to take action against Foreigners illegally residing in India in violation of the foreigners Act, 1946 & against those residing in India in violation of the cut of date of March 1, 1947 & 19 July 1948.The plea seeks nationwide implementation of National Register …

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, …

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 …

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 …

1.13 lakh doubtful voters in Assam
4 years, 10 months ago

1.13 lakh doubtful voters in Assam

The Hindu  

The Assam government on Monday said there are more than 1.13 lakh doubtful voters or D-voters in the State, while six detention centres are currently holding 680 people declared as foreigners. NRC next step The Assembly was told on Monday that the 19.06 lakh people excluded from the National Register of Citizens would be issued “rejection slips” after the “speaking …

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 …

Assam likely to conduct survey to segregate state’s indigenous Muslims from those of Bangladeshi origin, aims to begin exercise next fiscal
4 years, 11 months ago

Assam likely to conduct survey to segregate state’s indigenous Muslims from those of Bangladeshi origin, aims to begin exercise next fiscal

Firstpost  

Guwahati: Assam is likely to conduct an exercise to identify the state’s indigenous Muslim population and segregate them from Bangladeshi origin people, even as doubts over the accuracy of the National Register of Citizens are yet to be addressed. The remaining 40 lakh are from different tribes and they need to be identified,” Assam Minority Development Board Chairman Muminul Aowal …

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 …

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 …

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 …

What is NRC: All you need to know about National Register of Citizens
5 years ago

What is NRC: All you need to know about National Register of Citizens

India Today  

The passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act has set off protests across the country, with many fearing that the controversial legislation which grants to select minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Indian citizenship will be used in conjunction with the National Register of Citizens to deem minorities as "illegal immigrants". Now, many top BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah …

Assamese in Hyderabad protest new Citizenship Act
5 years ago

Assamese in Hyderabad protest new Citizenship Act

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: People of Assamese origin protested on Sunday at Dharna Chowk against the Citizenship Amendment Act as they fear that 13 lakh Bangladeshi Hindus will be granted citizenship in their state which will dilute the native culture. An Assamese protestor said, “The NRC has clearly shown that there are 19 lakh illegal citizens in Assam. Our culture and our traditions …

In Hindu-nationalist India, Muslims risk being branded infiltrators
5 years ago

In Hindu-nationalist India, Muslims risk being branded infiltrators

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Fears are growing among India’s 200 million Muslims that they could soon be classified as illegal immigrants under new, far-reaching government proposals. Their exclusion frustrated many in Assam’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, who attempted to undermine the legitimacy of the registry by saying it had had left out “some genuine Indian citizens.” The BJP, …

Almost 1.3 lakh people declared foreigners in Assam
5 years ago

Almost 1.3 lakh people declared foreigners in Assam

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of home affairs informed the Parliament on Tuesday that 1,29,009 people have been declared as foreigners while 1,14,225 people have been declared as Indians by the Foreigners Tribunals in Assam as of October 2019. The ministry of home affairs informed the Parliament on Tuesday that 1,29,009 people have been declared as foreigners by the Foreigners Tribunals in Assam …

BJP’s pan-India NRC pitch: Decoding the National Register of Citizens debate
5 years, 1 month ago

BJP’s pan-India NRC pitch: Decoding the National Register of Citizens debate

Hindustan Times  

Home minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that an NRC will be created for all regions of India, expanding an exercise that was recently carried out in Assam and led to the identification of 1.9 million people who now face the risk of being labelled illegal immigrants. Under the Citizenship Act, a person who enters India without valid travel documents …

Why the nationwide NRC proposed by Amit Shah is being criticised
5 years, 1 month ago

Why the nationwide NRC proposed by Amit Shah is being criticised

India Today  

On November 20, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Parliament that the Nation Register of Citizens would be prepared for every state in the country. Immediately after Shah's statement in Parliament, Assam finance minister and the home minister's trusted lieutenant Himanta Biswa Sarma addressed a press conference in Assam and said that the state government had decided to reject …

Country-wide NRC will only put people through hardship: Owaisi
5 years, 1 month ago

Country-wide NRC will only put people through hardship: Owaisi

India Today  

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday hit out at the NDA governments plan to conduct NRC across the country, alleging that the exercise is only going to cause hardship to people, especially minorities and "the weak". He was referring to reports over the Assam government urging the Centre to scrap the updated NRC in the state, the cost of conducting …

Assam NRC: 1.9 million residents may soon be deemed stateless, says USCIRF
5 years, 1 month ago

Assam NRC: 1.9 million residents may soon be deemed stateless, says USCIRF

India TV News  

Nearly two million long-time residents of Assam may soon be deemed stateless, the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom said on Tuesday as it expressed concerns over the NRC exercise. In a report on the religious freedom implications of the National Register of Citizens, the USCIRF said 1.9 million names of residents of Assam have been left off the …

Assam govt rejects present NRC, wants to be part of national NRC: Himanta Biswa Sarma
5 years, 1 month ago

Assam govt rejects present NRC, wants to be part of national NRC: Himanta Biswa Sarma

India Today  

Assam government rejected the present National Register of Citizens wanting it to be part of a national NRC. Assam Finance Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said in Guwahati that the present NRC process in Assam should be scrapped and Assam wants to be a part of the national NRC process. When the national NRC will be prepared, Assam …

Amit Shah: NRC to apply nationwide, no person of any religion should worry
5 years, 1 month ago

Amit Shah: NRC to apply nationwide, no person of any religion should worry

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has told Parliament that the National Register of Citizens will be implemented nationwide. Amit Shah said in Parliament that people whose names are missing from the NRC can approach tribunals formed at the tehsil level. ON JAMMU AND KASHMIR Shah also took questions on the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir, whose special status was …

Amit Shah says NRC applies across India, Mamata Banerjee says not in West Bengal
5 years, 1 month ago

Amit Shah says NRC applies across India, Mamata Banerjee says not in West Bengal

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says her Trinamool Congress government won't allow the National Register of Citizens in her state. She said on Wednesday that no one could take anyone's citizenship away in Bengal, and that her government wouldn't divide people on communal lines. Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the NRC would be implemented across India, and …

NRC is not a new idea, we have only updated the 1951 NRC list: CJI Ranjan Gogoi
5 years, 2 months ago

NRC is not a new idea, we have only updated the 1951 NRC list: CJI Ranjan Gogoi

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said the Assam National Register of Citizens process to identify illegal aliens residing in the border State was “neither a new or novel idea” but only an attempt to update the 1951 NRC list. The NRC 2019 is an attempt to end the vicious cycles of violence and agitations in Assam over the presence …

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