'Chief Secretary Alok Kumar should be replaced': APW's Abhijeet Sharma

Guwahati, April 27, 2019:

Abhijeet Sharma of the Assam Public Works (APW), petitioner in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) case in the Supreme Court on Saturday lashed out at Chief Secretary Alok Kumar.

Sharma said that although the NRC is to be released on July 31, the 10% sample re-verification, as ordered by CJI Ranjan Gogoi, has not been done so far. He questioned how the NRC can be published. Sharma also said that a person like Alok Kumar cannot be trusted to tackle the issue of the NRC, and demanded that an honest person with "Assamese sentiments" be given the responsibility instead of Kumar.

It may be mentioned that Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday pulled up Assam chief secretary Alok Kumar and threatened to initiate departmental and contempt proceedings against him for an affidavit proposing release of foreigners held in detention for five years or more after furnishing bonds and biometrics.