Reiterating the forum’s old demand for including only indigenous families’ names in the final NRC, Rahman expressed apprehensions that nearly seven million people living in Assam would be recognised as illegal citizens of India after this exercise as they had entered the state after 1951 but prior to 24 March 1971. Taking a cue from the development, another forum also came out with a demand for a comprehensive NRC applicable to the whole nation on the basis of 1951. The Patriotic People’s Front Assam insists that not only Assam, but the entire country needs an updated NRC as “it would help promote a sense of security, development and prosperity across the populous country”.
Waiting with trepidation - The Statesman | | | | | | | | | | | Waiting with trepidation - The Statesman The final draft of the National Register of Citizens in Assam, which is slated to release on 31 July, has courte... | | |
