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National Register of Citizens – the biggest disenfranchisement exercise in human history

NEW DELHI: About 40 lakh people have been left out from the Final List of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) published today i.e. 30.07.2018 by the Government of Assam to identify the alleged illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. While the legal status of those excluded remains in limbo, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that neither any reference case will […]

Citizenship Test In Assam | NRC Assam | India Development Debate, ET NOW

ET NOW Published on Jul 31, 2018 The citizenship drive in Assam is fast becoming a national crisis. Parliament came to a standstill on July 31st, as the Opposition parties dared the govt to drive out the 40 lakh odd people, who failed to make it to the NRC list. Leading the BJP’s counter-attack, party […]

Hurting Indians without papers, Daily News & Analysis

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam published on August 31 has excluded over 19 lakh people. Though the details are yet unknown, about one lakh Nepalis, an equal number of Scheduled Tribes, who are the original inhabitants of Assam, and over 10 lakh Bengali Hindus have been excluded from the NRC. The remaining […]