Over 1 Lakh Excluded From NRC In Assam Ahead Of July Deadline
A total of 1,02,462
persons have been named in the additional exclusion list to the draft National
Register of Citizens (NRC) published in Assam on Wednesday. PTI reported that the the names included in
the exclusion list were part of the ones who were included in the draft NRC
published on 30 July, 2018, but were later found ineligible. NDTV reported that those excluded will be
notified through individual letters and and can file their claims at designated
NRC Seva Kendras by 11 July.
The state coordinator
of NRC said in a statement that the list was published as per provisions of
Clause 5 of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue
of National Identity Cards) Rules 2003. The draft NRC
published last year had left out around 40 lakh people. It included the names
of 2.9 crore people out of the 3.29 crore applications. The NRC in Assam
is being updated under the monitoring of the Supreme Court and the final list
is scheduled to be released on 31 July...
There is a powerful and continuing nationalism that is being speared into our national fabric. It is superficial, it is xenophobic, it is narrow. It has a lust to divide. It is not a desire to unite. Citizens are being thrown out of their homes and are being called illegal immigrants. People who have lived in this country for 50 years have to show a piece of paper to prove they are Indians. In a country where ministers cannot produce degrees to show that they graduated from college, you expect dispossessed poor people to show papers as proof that they belong to this country?