Guwahati: While just four days left for publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), the BJP’s Assam unit is increasingly anxious over speculation that, a large number of illegal foreigners name will be included in the final list and an amount of Hindus name to be excluded from the list.
Following directive by the Supreme Court, the final NRC will be published on August 31.
Assam state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that, it is moral responsibility for the Government of India and Government of Assam that, no genuine Indian citizen should be excluded from the final list.
“The government will do anything for the Indian citizen if found any Indian name to disappear in the list. Our demand is no wrongful NRC, no any wrongful exclusion and no any wrongful inclusion. We will arrange all by bringing law,” Ranjeet Kumar Dass said.
While the Supreme Court has directed the NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela not to disclose any NRC related data publically and the NRC state coordinator had submitted the detailed district-wise list of people whose names were excluded in the NRC in sealed cover before the Supreme Court, the Assam government had recently disclosed publically the data of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) – a detailed district-wise list of people whose names were excluded in the NRC in the Assam Legislative Assembly.
The state BJP and the state government have voiced their concerns over the exclusion data from the draft NRC.
According to the government data, every third person in Assam’s Hojai district excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC).
A total of 3,36,780 applicants or 32.99 per cent in Hojai district were excluded from the draft NRC which was published on July 31 last year.
Assam Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary cited the data in the state Assembly to make a case for fresh verification of the people included in the NRC.
According to the data released by the Assam government, the total number of applicants was 3,29,91,385 and out of which 40,07,717 names or 12.15 per cent were excluded from the draft NRC.
The percentage of non-inclusion of names in Bangladesh bordering districts of South Salmara was 7.22, Dhubri 8.26 and Karimganj 7.67.
The Assam minister said that, the rate of exclusion in the Bangladesh bordering districts was less than the state average.
Patowary said that, while 12.15 per cent of the total applicants were excluded from the draft NRC, the non-inclusion figure for the bordering districts of South Salmara, Dhubri and Karimganj was 7.22 per cent, 8.26 per cent and 7.57 per cent respectively.
“However the exclusion rate in districts such as Karbi Anglong (14.31 per cent) and Tinsukia (13.25 per cent) is higher where as the indigenous people are living in these districts,” the Assam minister said.
On the other hand, in the non-border districts, the list showed 32.99 per cent in Hojai, 30.90 per cent in Darrang, 22.51 per cent in Bongaigaon, 17.89 per cent in Kamrup (Metro), 16.71 per cent in Sonitpur, 15.59 per cent in Baksa, 15.47 per cent in West Karbi Anglong, 15.04 per cent in Morigaon, 14.74 per cent in Udalguri, 14.31 per cent Karbi Anglong, 14.12 per cent in Nagaon, 13.40 per cent in Barpeta, 13.25 per cent in Tinsukia, 12.91 per cent in Cachar, 11.64 per cent in Biswanath, 10.34 per cent in Goalpara, 9.74 per cent in Dhemaji, 9.64 per cent applicants name in Lakhimpur district were not included in the draft NRC.
The lowest non-inclusion rate is in Majuli district with 1.62 per cent.
On the other hand, Assam BJP MLA Shiladitya Dev alleged that, several lakh of illegal Bangladeshi muslims name have been included in the draft NRC, which was published on July 31 last year.
The BJP MLA said that, lakhs of illegal Bangladeshi Muslims' name were appeared in the draft NRC, but genuine Indian citizens name were not included in the list.
“For inclusion our name in the NRC, we have needed to show documents to prove our Indian citizenship. Hindus are born in only India. Hindus are not born in Jerusalem, America. Bangladesh or East Pakistan was born from India or Bharatvarsh. The refugee Hindus have not any documents, but, the illegal Bangladeshi muslims, who entered into India illegally have collected all required documents with help from the previous governments. Now they are getting Indian citizenship by showing these documents. Their names are also appeared in the NRC. But, genuine Hindus name are not included in the NRC because of lack of documents,” Shiladitya Dev said.
The Assam BJP MLA said that the overall situation become very dangerous. We will not get 100 per cent correct NRC.
While the BJP leaders speaking publically against the NRC, the organisations associated with the party like ABVP, Hindu Jagaran Manch also held demonstrations across the state.
Last month, the BJP-led both Centre and State moved applications in the Supreme Court seeking a re-verification of a sample of names included in the draft NRC – 20 per cent in border districts and 10 per cent elsewhere.
But the apex court had dismissed the petition and said that, the NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela has conveyed to it that, 27 per cent names were already re-verified.
Defending the government demand for re-verification, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in his Independence Day speech said, “For a correct and error free NRC, our government had appealed to the Supreme Court for re-verification of the NRC update process”.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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