Assam final NRC list released, 3.11 cr people make it to citizenship list
   Date :01-Sep-2019
 
GUWAHATI :
 
Over 19 lakh people left out from final list of NRC Assam
 
 
THE updated final NRC, which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam, was out on Saturday, with over 19 lakh applicants who failed to make it to the list staring at an uncertain future. A total of 3,30,27,661 people had applied to be included in the NRC. Of them, 3,11,21,004 have been included in the document and 19,06,657 excluded, a statement from the NRC State Coordinator’s office said here. Those who have been excluded from the National Register of Citizens have 120 days to appeal against it at Foreigners Tribunals.
 
The Assam Government has already ruled out detention of people who do not figure in the list “in any circumstances” till the time Foreigners Tribunals declare them foreigners. The final list was published at 10 am and the hard copies of the Supplementary List of Inclusions are available for public viewing at the NRC Seva Kendras (NSK), offices of the Deputy Commissioner and offices of the Circle Officer during office hours, a statement by the NRC authority said. Hundreds of people began thronging these offices soon after the list was released, with some returning home happy and some disappointed. The ruling BJP and Opposition Congress, besides the All Assam Students Union said they were dissatisfied with the final citizenship roll. Ramen Deka, the BJP MP from Mangaldoi, said a large number of illegal Muslim migrants from Bangladesh had made the cut, while many indigenous people were left out.
 
“We are not at all happy. A large number of Bangladeshi Muslims have been enlisted, while genuine Indian citizens have been left out. The exercise was conducted under the supervision of the Supreme Court but the document is not up to the mark,” he said. Abdul Khaleque, the Congress lawmaker from Barpeta, said he was “not fully satisfied”.
 
“A lot of genuine names have been excluded,” he said. Original petitioner unhappy with “flawed” NRC, doubts Capability of software used: THE Assam Public Works (APW), the original petitioner in the Supreme Court which led to the updation of the NRC six years ago, said the final NRC turned out to be a “flawed document” because its prayer for reverification of the draft list was rejected by the apex court. The NGO also wondered whether the software used in the updation exercise was capable to handle so much data and if it was examined by any third party Information Technology expert, APW president Aabhijeet Sharma said.
 
 
Final NRC contains flaws, will appeal in SC: AASU
 
GUWAHATI
 
THE All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on Saturday it is unhappy with the figure of exclusions in the final National Register of Citizens and will move the Supreme Court for remedial measures. The AASU is a signatory to the Assam Accord, a 1985 document that provided for “detection, deletion and deportation” of illegal foreigners from Assam.