Assam NRC Published On August 31, 2019 Is Final: Foreigners Tribunal
3 years, 3 months ago

Assam NRC Published On August 31, 2019 Is Final: Foreigners Tribunal

Live Law  

The Assam's Foreigners Tribunal in Karimganj has recently observed that the NRC list published in the year 2019 is final. The observation came while the Tribunal declared a doubtful voter, whose name appeared in the final NRC list, as an Indian citizen. ".Final NRC, has been published on 31.08.2019 which is available online in the official website of NRC Assam wherein also it's refered and mentioned as "Final NRC". Inclusion of his name in the final NRC list was vehemently opposed by the State as being illegal due to pendency of tribunal's case.

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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 …

The confusion over the status of the Assam NRC
2 years, 7 months ago

The confusion over the status of the Assam NRC

The Hindu  

The story so far: A member of one of Assam’s functional 100 Foreigners’ Tribunals had on May 10 written to Hitesh Dev Sarma, the State Coordinator of the National Register of Citizens, asking him to stop interfering in the lawful functioning of the tribunals. This letter was in response to Mr. Sarma’s April 18 letter to all the FT members …

Assam’s NRC not final, Foreigners’ Tribunals told
2 years, 7 months ago

Assam’s NRC not final, Foreigners’ Tribunals told

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The State Coordinator of the National Register of Citizens has reminded members of Foreigners’ Tribunals across Assam to not consider the draft NRC and its supplementary list as reliable evidence for the disposal of cases. “Since the Registrar General of Citizens Registration has not declared NRC as final and there are errors, things may change when the final NRC …

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma calls for fresh NRC
2 years, 9 months ago

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma calls for fresh NRC

India TV News  

Highlights NRC is a register containing names of Indian citizens, which was prepared for the only time in 1951 It is being updated for Assam as of now to weed out illegal immigrants The draft NRC earlier had included the names of 2.9 crore people out of the total 3.29 crore Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

NRC is final, rules Assam Foreigners’ Tribunal
3 years, 3 months ago

NRC is final, rules Assam Foreigners’ Tribunal

The Hindu  

While the Registrar General of India has not yet issued a notification on Assam’s National Register of Citizens to make it a legal document, a Foreigners’ Tribunal has gone ahead and recorded it as the “ final NRC ” while declaring a man to be Indian. Hearing a case against one Bikram Singha of Jamirala village whose name figured 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 …

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 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 …

Will start NRC afresh after polls if Supreme Court allows, says Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
4 years, 2 months ago

Will start NRC afresh after polls if Supreme Court allows, says Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

Assam will go for a fresh exercise to update the National Register of Citizens after the 2021 State polls if the Supreme Court gives the nod, Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said. His assertion follows Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah where the former reportedly sought 10-20% re-verification of the names figuring in …

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 …

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 …

Assam’s NRC-excluded wait anxiously six months after publication of final list
4 years, 10 months ago

Assam’s NRC-excluded wait anxiously six months after publication of final list

The Hindu  

Six months after they found their names missing from the updated National Register of Citizens, more than 19 lakh people in Assam are anxiously awaiting their chance to be back in the list. Petition in SC “The All Assam Minority Students’ Union and the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind had ten days ago filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking photo identity …

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 …

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 …

Despite Narendra Modi’s claim of no nationwide NRC, West Bengal BJP booklet states citizens’ register in pipeline after CAA
5 years ago

Despite Narendra Modi’s claim of no nationwide NRC, West Bengal BJP booklet states citizens’ register in pipeline after CAA

Firstpost  

The 23-page booklet in English, Hindi and Bengali, published as part of BJP’s statewide campaign in favour of the amended Citizenship law Kolkata: Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP top brass categorically saying that nationwide National Register of Citizens has not been discussed by the Centre, the West Bengal BJP in its booklet claimed that after implementation of …

No need of fresh NRC in Assam if Supreme Court allows 20% re-verification in border districts, says Himanta Biswa Sarma
5 years ago

No need of fresh NRC in Assam if Supreme Court allows 20% re-verification in border districts, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

Firstpost  

The state government does not accept the existing National Register of Citizens, the final version of which was published on 31 August with over 19 lakh exclusions, Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told a press conference. Guwahati: Assam government on Monday said there will be no need for the state to be a part of the proposed nation-wide NRC if …

Scrap updated NRC, Assam government urges Centre
5 years, 1 month ago

Scrap updated NRC, Assam government urges Centre

The Hindu  

Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in the Rajya Sabha that the National Register of Citizens exercise would be conducted across India and repeated in Assam, the State’s Finance Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said Assam had asked the Centre to reject the updated final NRC in the State. ‘It will be catastrophic’ According to human rights activist Harsh Mander, …

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 …

NRC is for future, but faces motivated tirade: CJI Gogoi
5 years, 2 months ago

NRC is for future, but faces motivated tirade: CJI Gogoi

India TV News  

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Sunday said the National Register of Citizens in Assam was a "base document for the future" and "a vital initiative for peaceful co-existence". Insisting that the Assam NRC was not just a document for the moment, he said it will be helpful in determining future claims. The Chief Justice slammed the people, who …

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 …

Those out of Assam NRC will continue to vote till they exhaust legal remedies: EC
5 years, 3 months ago

Those out of Assam NRC will continue to vote till they exhaust legal remedies: EC

India TV News  

Days after the Union Home Ministry clarified that those left out of the National Register of Citizens in Assam will continue to enjoy all rights of a citizen till they exhaust all legal remedies, the Election Commission has decided that such people will continue to be voters if their names exist in the electoral rolls of the state. A senior …

Assam govt issues notice to set up 200 additional Foreigner Tribunals in 33 districts for hearing appeals of those excluded from final NRC
5 years, 3 months ago

Assam govt issues notice to set up 200 additional Foreigner Tribunals in 33 districts for hearing appeals of those excluded from final NRC

Firstpost  

The Assam government has issued a notification setting up 200 more appellate Foreigner Tribunals for hearing of appeals of people excluded from the final National Register of Citizens Guwahati: The Assam government has issued a notification setting up 200 more appellate Foreigner Tribunals for hearing of appeals of people excluded from the final National Register of Citizens. The appeal against …

National Register of Citizens in Assam: Trauma of exclusion
5 years, 3 months ago

National Register of Citizens in Assam: Trauma of exclusion

The Hindu  

FOURTEEN years after New Delhi gave its commitment to update the National Register of Citizens in Assam, the State has got the final list of the updated register. The Narendra Modi government has promised to bring the Citizenship Bill to grant citizenship to Hindu and other non-Muslim migrants among those excluded from the final NRC list in Assam. The BJP …

Assam NRC: Why those included in final list are still at risk of exclusion
5 years, 3 months ago

Assam NRC: Why those included in final list are still at risk of exclusion

India Today  

The National Register of Citizens authority on Saturday published the final list of the National Register of Citizens on its website that includes the citizenship status of every individual in Assam. The final list of Assam NRC was published by the government on August 31, leaving out 19 lakh people out of the citizenship list. On August 31, the NRC …

After Assam NRC, Manohar Lal Khattar pitches for citizen list in Haryana
5 years, 3 months ago

After Assam NRC, Manohar Lal Khattar pitches for citizen list in Haryana

India Today  

Days after the National Register of Citizens was implemented in Assam, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the NRC will be implemented in the state as well. Speaking to reporters after meeting with Justice HS Bhalla and former Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba, Khattar said, "We will implement NRC in Haryana." "The constitution of a law commission is also …

Final NRC status of all Assam applicants published
5 years, 3 months ago

Final NRC status of all Assam applicants published

The Hindu  

The National Register of Citizens authority on Saturday published the individual status of all the 3.3 crore people of Assam who had applied for inclusion in the updated citizens’ registry when the exercise began five years ago. The list – which has the names of those who have been accepted as citizens, those who have been rejected and those whose …

Final NRC list: List of exclusion
5 years, 3 months ago

Final NRC list: List of exclusion

The Hindu  

THE Bharatiya Janata Party has been talking about compiling a countrywide National Register of Citizens, but it speaks in two voices about the final list of the updated NRC in Assam. While the Narendra Modi government has claimed that “the NRC is a fair process based on scientific methods”, the Assam unit of the BJP has rejected the final NRC …

Assam NRC final status of accepted, excluded people published online
5 years, 3 months ago

Assam NRC final status of accepted, excluded people published online

India Today  

The Assam National Register of Citizens list with individual statuses of all the 3.30 crore applicants was on Saturday published online. All persons who had applied for the inclusion of their names in the NRC list and have a valid ARN number can check their final status online at nrcassam.nic.in. The Assam individuals can also check the names of their …

RSS spots 'errors' in Assam NRC final list, asks govt to remove those before moving forward
5 years, 4 months ago

RSS spots 'errors' in Assam NRC final list, asks govt to remove those before moving forward

India TV News  

The RSS on Monday said there are "some errors" in the final list of National Register of Citizens in Assam and the government should remove those before moving forward, but asserted that the exercise is a welcome step. Concerns were raised at the RSS' three-day annual coordination meeting with its affiliates on the first day of the meet on Saturday …

Bengal Assembly passes resolution against Assam NRC
5 years, 4 months ago

Bengal Assembly passes resolution against Assam NRC

The Quint  

Kolkata, Sep 7 The West Bengal Assembly on Friday passed a resolution opposing the National Register of Citizens in Assam and ruling out any such exercise in Bengal. She referred to the detention centres being constructed in Assam, and said: "They are coming up with a grand jail to house those excluded from the NRC final list". All India Forward …

Rashtriya Bajrang Dal calls for 12-hour shutdown in Assam today to demand scrapping of final NRC list
5 years, 4 months ago

Rashtriya Bajrang Dal calls for 12-hour shutdown in Assam today to demand scrapping of final NRC list

Firstpost  

The Assam unit of Rashtriya Bajrang Dal has called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown on Friday to press its demand for scrapping final NRC list published on 31 August, its president Dinesh Kalita said Guwahati: The Assam unit of Rashtriya Bajrang Dal has called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown on Friday to press its demand for scrapping final NRC list published on …

Assam NRC final list: MHA says adequate judicial process available to appeal to Foreigners' Tribunals for excluded people
5 years, 4 months ago

Assam NRC final list: MHA says adequate judicial process available to appeal to Foreigners' Tribunals for excluded people

Firstpost  

According to the final NRC, out of the total 3.3 crore applicants, 3.11 crore figured in the list and names of about 19 lakh residents were excluded New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said no person excluded from the final NRC list will be detained till he or she exhausts all legal remedies. The MHA said adequate judicial process is …

Assam NRC: BJP to move Supreme Court seeking re-verification of data
5 years, 4 months ago

Assam NRC: BJP to move Supreme Court seeking re-verification of data

India TV News  

The final list of the National Register of Citizens may be out in Assam, but both the central and the state BJP feel that there's enough room for errors. In the final NRC list released on Saturday, the ones left out are mostly Bengali Hindu refugees who had come to Assam before 1971, or people who couldn't furnish enough documents. …

AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal urges intellectuals to ensure final NRC accepted as document for resolving foreigners' issue in Assam
5 years, 4 months ago

AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal urges intellectuals to ensure final NRC accepted as document for resolving foreigners' issue in Assam

Firstpost  

Guwahati: AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal on Sunday appealed to intellectuals to come forward and ensure that the final NRC is accepted as a document to resolve the foreigners’ issue in Assam. The NRC was updated following the demand of people and all political parties of Assam, and the nearly five-year-long intensive exercise to prepare it under the supervision of the …

Assam NRC: Why BJP is upset and protesting over its own agenda
5 years, 4 months ago

Assam NRC: Why BJP is upset and protesting over its own agenda

India Today  

Activists and Opposition parties are crying foul over the final list of Assam's National Register of Citizens that left out over 19 lakh people, marking them as "outsiders". Powerful Assam minister Himanta Biswam Sarma has claimed that "legacy" papers have been managed by a substantial number of people rendering the process of updating the NRC ineffective. The fact that the …

Unhappy BJP to move Supreme Court seeking reverifcation of NRC data
5 years, 4 months ago

Unhappy BJP to move Supreme Court seeking reverifcation of NRC data

India Today  

The final list of the National Register of Citizens may be out in Assam, but both the central and the state BJP feel that there's enough room for errors. In the final NRC list released on Saturday, the ones left out are mostly Bengali Hindu refugees who had come to Assam before 1971, or people who couldn't furnish enough documents. …

Woman in Assam's Sonitpur commits 'suicide' following rumours of her exclusion from NRC; district administration rubbishes report
5 years, 4 months ago

Woman in Assam's Sonitpur commits 'suicide' following rumours of her exclusion from NRC; district administration rubbishes report

Firstpost  

A woman in Assam’s Sonitpur district allegedly committed suicide following rumours that her name was not in the updated final National Register of Citizens. Tezpur: A woman in Assam’s Sonitpur district allegedly committed suicide following rumours that her name was not in the updated final National Register of Citizens published on Saturday, her family claimed. On receiving information about the …

Daily Bulletin: 19 lakh excluded from final NRC list in Assam, Bumrah's hat-trick, Texas shooting; today's top stories
5 years, 4 months ago

Daily Bulletin: 19 lakh excluded from final NRC list in Assam, Bumrah's hat-trick, Texas shooting; today's top stories

Firstpost  

Here are today’s top stories: Assam govt appeals for peace as final NRC list excludes 19 lakh people from list, Motor Vehicles Amendment Act to be implemented today, and more Final NRC list excludes 19 lakh names in Assam The updated final National Register of Citizens, which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam, was released on Saturday, with the NRC …

NRC final list released: Assam govt promises help to genuine citizens, 120 days to claim rights
5 years, 4 months ago

NRC final list released: Assam govt promises help to genuine citizens, 120 days to claim rights

India Today  

Assam on Saturday witnessed the publishing of the final list of the National Register of Citizens which left out over 19 lakh people in the state. BJP MLA Shiladitya Dev, who represents Hojai constituency, said that the "Bangladeshi infiltrators" have become residents of Assam and their names are enlisted in the NRC list with the help of fake papers. Shiladitya …

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