NRC neither scientific in detecting illegal immigrants, nor in spirit of Assam Accord; indigenous people need constitutional safeguards
5 years, 6 months ago

NRC neither scientific in detecting illegal immigrants, nor in spirit of Assam Accord; indigenous people need constitutional safeguards

Firstpost  

The outrage of the indigenous people on the immigration issue is neither due to their religion nor due to their language; rather it is because of what they experienced in front of their own eyes, in their very own lifetimes. The mainstream national media often reported how genuine citizens of India were excluded from the list, but did not undertake enough investigation on how illegal immigrants managed to enlist their names in the NRC, in the central and western districts of Assam, compared to, for instance, Karbi Anglong, a district primarily resided by the tribal people. Indirect estimates based on census data, drastic change of religious composition of several districts of Assam and transformation of thousands of ethnic villages of Assam to Bengali Muslim villages, reveal that Muslim immigrants constitute about 85 percent of the total illegal immigrant population in Assam. A change in population composition and real-life experiences show that Muslim immigration from Bangladesh to Assam is a reality, despite the NRC not being able to effectively detect illegal Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh to Assam. If the NRC has been implemented because of the Assam Accord, the constitutional safeguards to the indigenous people, as per this accord, must also be ensured.

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'Are you waiting for muhurat?': Supreme Court directs Assam govt to deport illegal immigrants
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Are you waiting for muhurat?': Supreme Court directs Assam govt to deport illegal immigrants

Firstpost  

The SC bench consisting of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the government to carry out the process of deportation as the state updates the National Register of Citizens The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the government of Assam for not taking measures to deport illegal immigrants from the state. The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam …

OPINION | Deport all illegal Bangladeshi migrants
2 months, 3 weeks ago

OPINION | Deport all illegal Bangladeshi migrants

India TV News  

The busting of a gang engaged in a Bangladeshi immigration racket in Delhi and the arrest of eight Ansarullah Bangla Team terrorist module members from Bengal and Kerala raise serious concerns about the influx of people from the neighbouring country. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that a state-wide drive would be launched to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and …

Fake Passports: Two Bangladeshi Nationals Nabbed at Mumbai Airport
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fake Passports: Two Bangladeshi Nationals Nabbed at Mumbai Airport

Hindustan Times  

Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested for allegedly using fake passports to travel internationally. One of the individuals was traveling to Ukraine, while the other had stayed in India illegally for three decades before traveling to Mauritius. Both men obtained Indian passports through forgery and were subsequently apprehended by immigration authorities at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA).

Don’t refer people covered by CAA to foreigners’ tribunals: Assam govt to cops
8 months ago

Don’t refer people covered by CAA to foreigners’ tribunals: Assam govt to cops

Hindustan Times  

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has told the state police to stop initiating proceedings against persecuted minorities belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who entered the country before December 31, 2014, and are entitled to Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act operationalised on March 11 this year. The border police has …

Security alert over Bangladeshis acquiring Indian passport
2 years, 1 month ago

Security alert over Bangladeshis acquiring Indian passport

The Hindu  

A security alert has been issued by the Tamil Nadu police that a large number of Bangladeshi nationals settled along the industrial belt of Tamil Nadu had acquired Indian identity documents by impersonating themselves as natives of West Bengal. Highly placed sources in the State Government told The Hindu on Friday that a sizeable number of Bangladeshi nationals who crossed …

The controversies around the Final Draft of Citizenship in Assam
3 years, 4 months 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 …

Karnataka govt takes U-turn on deportation of illegal Rohingya immigrants
3 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka govt takes U-turn on deportation of illegal Rohingya immigrants

Op India  

The Karnataka government which on October 25 had told the Supreme Court that it has no immediate plans to deport Rohingya people living in the state capital Bengaluru, has now retracted from its previous stand. BJP led Karnataka government has filed a revised affidavit in Supreme Court on the deportation of Rohingyas and retracted from its earlier stand that there …

NRC in limbo, Assam govt. appears to have gone soft on ‘Bangladeshi’ issue
3 years, 5 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 …

CAA, NRC won’t affect India’s Muslims: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
3 years, 8 months ago

CAA, NRC won’t affect India’s Muslims: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

The Hindu  

The Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens would not harm India’s Muslims, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said at a book launch function in Guwahati on Wednesday. Mr. Bhagwat said, “Not a single Indian Muslim will face any loss due to the new citizenship Act. ‘India welcomes outsiders’ Indians had always welcomed outsiders but the “designs by some …

Assam NRC authority seeks re-verification of citizens’ list
3 years, 10 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 …

In Assam and Bengal, the BJP’s contrasting approach to CAA-NRC
3 years, 11 months ago

In Assam and Bengal, the BJP’s contrasting approach to CAA-NRC

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party ’s dilemma regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens in election-bound West Bengal and Assam became obvious on Tuesday when the party released its manifesto for the Assam elections. The party’s national president JP Nadda, while releasing the poll manifesto in Assam, said CAA cannot be changed through a state legislation and …

‘Foreigners’ in the NRC: Affidavit filed in High Court
4 years, 3 months 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 …

Enforce NRC Throughout India To Remove "Illegal Immigrants": PIL In SC Seeks Issuance Of Directions To Centre To Revise Voters' List
4 years, 7 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 …

Preparation Of NRC A Necessary Exercise; Has Responsibility To Identify Illegal Migrants: Centre Tells SC
5 years ago

Preparation Of NRC A Necessary Exercise; Has Responsibility To Identify Illegal Migrants: Centre Tells SC

Live Law  

In its counter affidavit filed in the writ petitions challenging CAA, the Central Government has said that the preparation of a national register of citizens is a necessary exercise and that there is a responsibility entrusted on the Central Government to identify/detect illegal migrants. It is therefore, the responsibility entrusted on the Central Government, on a combined reading of the …

Frightening Parallels: NRC-Excluded in Assam and Rohingya Refugees
5 years 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 …

Accurate data of illegal immigrants entering, living in India not centrally maintained by MHA, govt tells Lok Sabha
5 years ago

Accurate data of illegal immigrants entering, living in India not centrally maintained by MHA, govt tells Lok Sabha

Firstpost  

An accurate data of the number of illegal immigrants in the country, including Delhi, is not maintained centrally as they enter India without valid travel documents in a clandestine and surreptitious manner New Delhi: An accurate data of the number of illegal immigrants in the country, including Delhi, is not maintained centrally as they enter India without valid travel documents …

Assam likely to conduct survey to segregate state’s indigenous Muslims from those of Bangladeshi origin, aims to begin exercise next fiscal
5 years, 1 month 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 …

India’s BJP slammed for ‘offensive’ tweet on anti-CAA protesters
5 years, 1 month ago

India’s BJP slammed for ‘offensive’ tweet on anti-CAA protesters

Al Jazeera  

The Karnataka chapter of the governing party is being criticised for threatening anti-CAA and NRC protesters. New Delhi, India – A tweet posted by India’s governing party has triggered controversy, with the right-wing party accused of mocking a phrase used by anti-citizenship law protesters. ‘Utterly crude’ The BJP Karnataka unit on Saturday tweeted a video of burqa-clad Muslim women standing …

India says no plans yet to implement NRC amid continuing protests
5 years, 1 month ago

India says no plans yet to implement NRC amid continuing protests

Al Jazeera  

The Hindu nationalist government says it is still weighing whether to roll out nationwide NRC amid continuing protests. India’s Hindu nationalist government has said it is still weighing whether to roll out a nationwide citizenship registry amid continuing protests against a citizenship law that fast-tracks naturalisation for some religious minorities from three neighbouring countries but not Muslims. ”They by ”Sandeep …

In Odisha, touts have a field day as illiterate migrants scramble for documents to prove domicile status; activists condemn NRC, religion-based CAA
5 years, 2 months ago

In Odisha, touts have a field day as illiterate migrants scramble for documents to prove domicile status; activists condemn NRC, religion-based CAA

Firstpost  

After the BJD lent support in the Parliament to the Citizenship Bill, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that the party doesn’t support NRC. Following the President’s assent to CAA, migrants went on an overdrive to procure as many documents possible to prove their domicile status Shabir Hossain, 39, has his tasks cut out for the day. However, after the …

Don’t make CAA, NRC Hindu vs Muslim issue
5 years, 2 months ago

Don’t make CAA, NRC Hindu vs Muslim issue

Deccan Chronicle  

As the protests against the CAA-NRC combine continue, certain things need to be clarified, and the record set straight. Most importantly, both Hindus and Muslims have finally understood that the real purpose behind the CAA-NRC combo is to divide society on communal lines. The NRC will ghettoise Muslims who can’t prove their citizenship in detention centres, but allow Hindus to …

Over Half Of Chhattisgarh People Won't Be Able To Prove Citizenship If NRC Rolled Out: CM Baghel
5 years, 3 months ago

Over Half Of Chhattisgarh People Won't Be Able To Prove Citizenship If NRC Rolled Out: CM Baghel

ABP News  

Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said that if the National Register of Citizens is implemented, over half the population in his state will not be able to prove their citizenship as they neither have land nor land records. He also said that half the people in Chhattisgarh do not possess any document to prove their citizenship as their …

We brought CAA, will also bring NRC: BJP's JP Nadda
5 years, 3 months ago

We brought CAA, will also bring NRC: BJP's JP Nadda

India TV News  

In a statement that can further create trouble, a defiant J.P. Nadda, the working president of BJP, on Thursday said that after bringing in the Citizenship Amendment Act, the BJP-led NDA government will now bring a nation-wide National Register of Citizens. After meeting an Afghan delegation living in India, who came to "thank" Nadda for bringing the CAA, Nadda asserted, …

Read why “facts” about CAA and NRC shared by Farhan Akhtar are all false or misleading
5 years, 3 months ago

Read why “facts” about CAA and NRC shared by Farhan Akhtar are all false or misleading

Op India  

Bollywood entertainer Farhan Akhtar took to Twitter to urge social media users to join him in a protest on 19th November, 2019 in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register for Citizens. He says non-Muslims under the CAA will be automatically granted citizenship without documents and it will leave Indian Muslims without documentation in a …

CAA: Karnataka may implement it first
5 years, 3 months ago

CAA: Karnataka may implement it first

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: While there are strong protests around the country against the Citizen Amendment Act, Karnataka, which has a large number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and is ruled by the BJP, is all set to lead in their implementation as early as the first week of January and “set an example” to other states, according to sources. The Union home ministry …

Why are so many Indians protesting against the citizenship law?
5 years, 3 months ago

Why are so many Indians protesting against the citizenship law?

Al Jazeera  

As protests continue in Assam, New Delhi and other areas, Al Jazeera looks at three reasons why people are on streets. It has been a week of violent protests across India over a controversial “anti-Muslim” citizenship law, which critics say violates the country’s secular constitution. Residents now fear the new citizenship law will provide protection to Bengali-speaking Hindus left off …

Assamese in Hyderabad protest new Citizenship Act
5 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, …

Why Assam is protesting against Citizenship Amendment Bill
5 years, 3 months ago

Why Assam is protesting against Citizenship Amendment Bill

India Today  

The Union government is likely to introduce the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 in Parliament today, one that has been a source of serious contention in the Northeast-especially Assam. Though the bill covers refugees from three nations, the people in the Northeast fear that it will primarily benefit the illegal Bengali Hindu migrants from Bangladesh who have settled in "large numbers" …

Land rights for refugees in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee's new step to counter BJP is nothing but political gimmick
5 years, 3 months ago

Land rights for refugees in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee's new step to counter BJP is nothing but political gimmick

Firstpost  

Before the Centre passes the contentious CAB, Mamata may earn brownie points from even the Hindus for her announcement on land rights and reaffirm her grip on the captive illegal immigrant vote bank. Mamata’s decision to give land rights to refugees who came after 1971 and has since been squatting on state government, Central government or even private-owned land is …

Foreigners’ Tribunals creating ‘havoc’ in India’s Assam: Amnesty
5 years, 3 months ago

Foreigners’ Tribunals creating ‘havoc’ in India’s Assam: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Rights body accuses authorities and courts of not holding quasi-judicial courts to account for their ‘arbitrary’ ways. Amnesty has accused Indian authorities and courts of lack of oversight on the functioning of Foreigners Tribunals’ courts that have been accused of creating “havoc” in the northeastern state of Assam, where nearly two million people were excluded from a citizenship list in …

Foreigners’ Tribunals creating ‘havoc’ in India’s Assam: Amnesty
5 years, 3 months ago

Foreigners’ Tribunals creating ‘havoc’ in India’s Assam: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Rights body accuses authorities and courts of not holding quasi-judicial courts to account for their ‘arbitrary’ ways. Amnesty has accused Indian authorities and courts of lack of oversight on the functioning of Foreigners Tribunals’ courts that have been accused of creating “havoc” in the northeastern state of Assam, where nearly two million people were excluded from a citizenship list in …

BJP’s pan-India NRC pitch: Decoding the National Register of Citizens debate
5 years, 4 months 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 …

NRC will be done across India, Amit Shah tells Rajya Sabha, 'but Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi refugees will get citizenship under CAB'
5 years, 4 months ago

NRC will be done across India, Amit Shah tells Rajya Sabha, 'but Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi refugees will get citizenship under CAB'

Firstpost  

Home Minister Amit Shah said the government accepts that refugees - Hindu, Buddhists, Jain, Christians, Sikhs and Parsis - who left Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan due to religious atrocities should get Indian citizenship New Delhi: The National Register of Citizens process will be carried out across India, Home Minister Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday while making it …

Centre plans NRC exercise all over the country: Amit Shah
5 years, 4 months ago

Centre plans NRC exercise all over the country: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

The process to make a National Register of Citizens will be carried out across India, Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha on November 20 and whenever it is done, the exercise will be repeated in Assam, he added. Mr. Shah said, “I think the member is confused between NRC and Citizenship Amendment Bill. Trinamool Congress MP Sukendu …

Amit Shah says NRC applies across India, Mamata Banerjee says not in West Bengal
5 years, 4 months 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 …

Comment | Three sloppy claims about NRC
5 years, 5 months ago

Comment | Three sloppy claims about NRC

The Hindu  

The BJP government at the Centre has plans to identify all infiltrators in India and throw them out of the country, according to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. NRC process is ‘anti-Hindu’ This assumption, which has become a talking point of the Trinamool Congress that is fighting hard to contain the BJP’s march in West Bengal, is based on the …

Govt planning NRC in Karnataka: State minister
5 years, 5 months ago

Govt planning NRC in Karnataka: State minister

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Karnataka government is collecting information on suspected illegal immigrants in the state, and considering preparing an Assam-like National Register of Citizens, state home minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Thursday. About 1.9 million people out of 33 million applicants were excluded in the final NRC published in Assam on August 31. Union home minister Amit Shah recently …

NRC: A sinister political scheme
5 years, 5 months ago

NRC: A sinister political scheme

The Hindu  

SATYA Prakash Agarwal, the Bharatiya Janata Party member representing the Meerut Cantonment seat in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, is a personification of aggressive assertion when he says that it is only a matter of time before all the States in the country go through the “filtering process” ordained by the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Our …

Opinion | NRC: Tread with caution
5 years, 6 months ago

Opinion | NRC: Tread with caution

Live Mint  

Union home minister and Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has said that India shall soon introduce a nationwide National Register of Citizens. He said the government has a mandate for carrying out such an exercise since it was part of the BJP’s election promises, based on which the party was voted to power. As much as the idea of …

Dozens take their own lives in Assam as two million people are told they may be stripped of Indian citizenship
5 years, 6 months ago

Dozens take their own lives in Assam as two million people are told they may be stripped of Indian citizenship

The Independent  

It was supposed to be the ultimate fix to weed out illegal immigrants, administered by a right-wing ruling party that dubbed them “termites”. open image in gallery A detention centre for illegal immigrants under construction at a village in Goalpara The leader of the BJP’s state arm in Assam, Ranjit Dass, effectively disowned the exercise, saying that “the NRC in …

Haryana to implement NRC: We need a national strategy on citizenship
5 years, 6 months ago

Haryana to implement NRC: We need a national strategy on citizenship

Op India  

Yesterday, Haryana CM Manohar Lal proclaimed that Haryana will implement the National Register of Citizens. The common refrain is that illegal migrants had been one step ahead of genuine citizens, getting their documents in better shape. To a large extent, this should solve the problem of genuine Indians losing out while “better prepared” illegal migrants get through. Remember that even …

India’s citizenship question and the never-ending Assam imbroglio
5 years, 6 months ago

India’s citizenship question and the never-ending Assam imbroglio

Al Jazeera  

The campaign to update the National Register of Citizens in Assam has upset everyone, including its proponents. The controversy, trauma and trouble over the National Register of Citizens in India’s northeast state of Assam does not seem to go away. The entire thrust of a 40-year on-again, off-again movement against “illegal migrants” from Bangladesh in Assam state was based on …

Final NRC list: List of exclusion
5 years, 6 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 …

In opposition to Assam NRC, BJP mulls passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill; move to appease party's Bengali Hindu vote bank
5 years, 6 months ago

In opposition to Assam NRC, BJP mulls passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill; move to appease party's Bengali Hindu vote bank

Firstpost  

In his first visit to the state since the implementation of the Assam National Register of Citizens, Home Minister Amit Shah told leaders at a North East Democratic Alliance meeting on Monday that Citizenship Amendment Bill has not gone into the oblivion In his first visit to the state since the implementation of the National Register of Citizens in Assam, …

India builds detention camps for up to 1.9m people ‘stripped of citizenship’ in Assam
5 years, 6 months ago

India builds detention camps for up to 1.9m people ‘stripped of citizenship’ in Assam

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Indian government is building …

NRC: People now want government action on the 'excluded'
5 years, 6 months ago

NRC: People now want government action on the 'excluded'

India TV News  

A day after publication of the National Register of Citizens, people in Assam came out on Sunday with different opinions regarding the historical document, which the state has realised 34 years after the signing of the Assam Accord. Although the final NRC published on August 31 excluded a total of 19,06,657 people from the document, yet these people would neither …

National Register of Citizens: Indians or not Indians?
5 years, 6 months ago

National Register of Citizens: Indians or not Indians?

Al Jazeera  

Almost two million people in the state of Assam became stateless after being excluded from a controversial register. They have been excluded from a list of citizens in the northeastern state of Assam, in a process the government said will “weed out” undocumented immigrants. The National Register of Citizens was first created in 1951 to determine who came to the …

Assam Government will provide legal support to Indian citizens left out of NRC list: Minister
5 years, 6 months ago

Assam Government will provide legal support to Indian citizens left out of NRC list: Minister

India TV News  

The Assam government Saturday claimed many genuine Indian citizens have been left out of the final National Register of Citizens, but said they do not need to panic as they have option to appeal in the Foreigners Tribunal. Speaking to PTI, Assam Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary, said the government will provide legal support to the Indian citizens not …

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