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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Assam list is against humanity -Faizan Mustafa

Assam list is against humanity -Faizan Mustafa

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published Published on Aug 3, 2018   modified Modified on Aug 3, 2018
-The New Indian Express

Over 40 lakh people were left out of Assam’s draft citizenship list. India is a land of immigrants. Inclusion, not exclusion, has been our motto

The second draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) has been published with 40 lakh people not finding their names in it. They are on the verge of becoming stateless. There are apprehensions of ethnic cleansing or disenfranchisement now due to the rising majoritarian politics, though the government said it is a mere draft and no one will be deported for now. A large number of excluded people are from the Bengali-dominated districts of Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj. Since many Bengalis, including those from families of freedom fighters and government employees, who might have passports or Aadhaar, face exclusion, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said she would consider providing shelter to those excluded.

Citizenship is the relationship of an individual with a political community. It signifies full and equal membership of such a community. Exclusion of outsiders or others is central to the modern citizenship concept. But the Constitution does give some fundamental rights such as the right to equality, right to life and personal liberty, freedom of religion, etc., to even non-citizens and thus these 40 lakh people will continue to enjoy these fundamental rights.

There are two well-known principles for the grant of citizenship. While ‘jus solis’ confers citizenship on the basis of place of birth, ‘jus sanguinis’ gives prominence to blood ties. Under the ‘momentum’ principle citizenship is individualistic and signifies universality and equality and obliterates ethnic, religious and caste identities. Shared identity is at the centre of citizenship.

Assam was ceded by Burma to the British in 1826 as per the Treaty of Yandabo. To protect the social and cultural interests of Assamese people, Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act was enacted in 1950 itself. Under the flawed idea of Pakistan, we had West and East Pakistan separated by over 2,000 km. As nations are not made in the name of religion, the two-nation theory failed within 25 years and East Pakistan became an independent Bangladesh in 1971. The artificial and foolish Partition created more problems on the eastern side where the border was extremely porous and migration had more to do with the earning of livelihood rather than conscious opting of one citizenship in preference of another.

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The New Indian Express, 1 August, 2018, http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2018/aug/01/assam-list-is-against-humanity-1851521.html


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