100 Units of CAPF withdrawn from Assam post NRC

Guwahati, September 15, 2019:

After the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), the government has decided to withdraw 100 units of the central police force personnel which were deployed prior to the publication of the NRC.

The decision according to the Ministry of Home Affairs was taken as there was no violence in Assam ever since the publication of the final NRC list. A total of 10000 personnel have been withdrawn.

A review was carried out by the MHA on Friday and it found that the situation of Assam was peaceful. Following the review, the MHA decided to withdraw 100 companies.

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It may be mentioned that on August 19 218 companies of paramilitary forces were deployed in Assam in order to maintain the law and order situation in the state just during the publication of the final NRC.

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As per officials, the 100 companies of the forces consist of 10 CRPF units, 24 SSB units, 50 BSF units and 16 ITBP units. Each unit or company consisted of about 100 personnel.

It may be mentioned that the long-awaited final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released on August 31.

The Assam NRC will identify the bonafide citizens of the state and will nearly seal the fate of more than 41 lakh people who had found their names missing from the final draft of the National Register of Citizens that was published last year.

About the NRC:

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of genuine Indian citizens. The only time the NRC was published was in 1951. That NRC was based on the Census of 1951.

The 1951 National Register of Citizens is now being updated in Assam to identify the illegal foreigners who may be residing in the state.

Updation of the NRC was promised by the Govt of India under the Assam Accord signed in 1985. However, the process to update the NRC stagnated for years, until the Supreme Court took up the matter in 2013 and a set a deadline for published an updated National Register of Citizens for Assam.

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