-The Hindu Guwahati: The Opposition Congress has asked the authorities to start the process of filing appeals only after providing certified copies to those excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) citing reasons for their exclusion. More than 19 lakh people were excluded from the final NRC published on Saturday. The State government said they would get 120 days to move the Foreigners’ Tribunals seeking inclusion of their names. Approaching these...
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Assam NRC-excluded are not 'stateless', says External Affairs Ministry -Kallol Bhattacherjee
-The Hindu Ministry says those not in NRC will not be detained and will enjoy all rights New Delhi: Individuals excluded from the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam will not become stateless and will continue to enjoy equal rights available to all Indians, Raveesh Kumar, official spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry, said on Sunday. Mr. Kumar declared that the implementation of the NRC process would be...
More »Assam to move Supreme Court for NRC reverification in select districts -Nistula Hebbar
-The Hindu “Technical flaws” may have caused exclusion of Bengali Hindu refugees, says State Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. New Delhi: The Assam government and the ruling BJP in the State have termed the finalisation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list there as a “mixed bag” with concerns being raised over several “technical flaws” in the process that may have caused exclusion of Bengali Hindu refugees who had crossed over...
More »Assam NRC final list: Centre in no hurry for follow-up -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Official says sending a large number of people to detention centres is not a ‘practical’ option New Delhi: The Centre is not in a rush to take any decision after the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was published on Saturday as the political leadership decides the next course of action. A senior government official said there were several options available, but sending a large number of people to...
More »A more precarious citizenship -Sanjib Baruah
-The Indian Express India is unlikely to deport to Bangladesh people who fail NRC test. But the millions who will become non-citizens will have fewer rights The phrase “India’s internal matter” has featured prominently in the country’s diplomacy in recent days. It cropped up repeatedly in the government’s responses to the international fallout of the moves on Jammu and Kashmir: To scrap Article 370 and downgrade the state to a Union...
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