Guwahati, June 25, 2019:
The additional draft of the National Register of Citizens of Assam will finally be published tomorrow, i.e., 26 June.
It may be mentioned that the authorities engaged in updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam have finished hearing of claims and objections over the draft NRC and are set to publish an additional list on June 26.
The additional list will have names of people who were included in the final draft published
on July 30, 2018, but were later found to be ineligible.
The NRC is meant to identify the original residents of the north-eastern state and check
illegal migration. During the verification process, authorities found many people to be
ineligible to be included in it, for being doubtful voters or declared foreigners, unable to
prove family-tree claims or having cases pending at the foreigners’ tribunal.
It may be mentioned that 40 lakh people had been excluded in the NRC. Out of those, 36 lakh people had applied for claims and objections. During the process, many 'doubtful' persons' names had also been included in the NRC, which also included D-Voters.
Objections were filed against 2.5 lakh people whose names were included in the NRC draft, but many of the objectors did not even attend the hearings and it was alleged that these objections were made to harass genuine citizens.
D-Voters and people who are currently attending hearings will be excluded from the NRC, and those people whose names are included in this list, will be informed via post. Any mistakes made in the draft can be corrected at the NRC Seva Kendra by June 11.
The additional draft will be published on June 26, and the final draft NRC will be published on July 31.
