NRC fiasco has exposed all those who tried to take political mileage out of it: Mamata Banerjee

She said the 'NRC fiasco' has exposed all those who tried to take 'political mileage' out of it.

"The NRC fiasco has exposed all those who tried to take political mileage out of it. They have a lot to answer to the nation.
This is what happens when an act is guided by an ulterior motive rather than the good of the society and the larger interest of the nation," she tweeted.

"My heart goes out to all those, especially the large number of Bengali speaking brothers and sisters, who are made to suffer because of this botched-up process," she said.

More than 3.11 crore people were included in the final list of Assam's National Register of Citizen (NRC) which was released on Saturday.

A total of 3,11,21,004 people were considered eligible to be included in the final list which left out 19,06,657 people.

The NRC authority said the hard copies of the Supplementary List of Inclusions will be available for public view at NRC Seva Kendras (NSK), offices of the Deputy Commissioner and offices of the Circle Officer during office hours. The status of both inclusion and exclusion can be viewed online in the NRC website (www.nrcassam.nic.in) and in the official site of Assam government (https://assam.gov.in). 

Any person who is not satisfied with the outcome of the claims and objections can file appeal before the Foreigners Tribunals.

Persons who were excluded from the final NRC will be given 120 days time to file appeal before the Foreigners Tribunals.

There are 100 Foreigners Tribunals in Assam and the state government will set up 221 more Foreigners Tribunals in coming weeks.

Security has been beefed up in the state to avoid any untoward incident. An assembly of more than four people have been prohibited in public spaces.

The complete draft of NRC, containing names of 28,983,677 out of 32,991,384 applicants, was published on July 30 last year.

Thereafter, claims were received from 36,26,630 numbers of persons against exclusions.

Verification was also carried out of persons included in Draft NRC under Clause 4(3) of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.

Objections were received against inclusion of 1,87,633 persons whose names had appeared in Complete Draft.

Around 40.07 lakh people were left out from the complete draft of NRC and nearly 36 lakh people have filed their claims for including their names in the final NRC.

An Additional Draft Exclusion list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published on June 26 last consisting of 1,02,462 persons.

What is the NRC?

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the list of Indian citizens.

The 1951 NRC is now being updated in Assam to identify the illegal foreigners residing in Assam.

The NRC updating process is going on in Assam under the Assam Accord signed in 1985.

Who are eligible?

People whose names appear on the 1951 NRC.

People whose names appear on any voter list in Assam up to March 24 midnight, 1971 and descendants.

People who came from Bangladesh between January 1, 1966, and March 24, 1971, registered themselves with the Foreigner Regional Registration Office and were declared by the Foreigner Tribunal as Indian citizens.

The Indian citizens including their descendants who moved to Assam after March 24, 1971 (they need to furnish proof of residence in another part of the country as on March 24, 1971).