Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the government is weighing how to give a second look to National Register of Citizens (NRC) and seek its upgradation.
Sarma while talking to media persons on Wednesday said, “NRC is faulty, and fraud was committed on Assamese people. During the NRC exercise it was falsely shown that a missing father or maternal uncle was meeting their family. All these were part of the conspiracy, similar names were picked from the voter list for example of 1980 and similar names were pulled out from 1971 voters to do this exercise”.
He said, “Some officers included suspected persons in the Original Inhabitant clause. There are a lot of anomalies in NRC. We believe the courts will at an opportune time decide on these anomalies. Or we must request the government of India to publish this NRC and seek permission for an update in the next round.”
Sarma said, “Several legal angles are examined so that a second look can be given to NRC. Review petitions were filed on a couple of occasions in the Supreme court and those were rejected, one some petition notices were issued. Lot of events are happening. Generally, when the Supreme court gives final judgement, it is difficult to get the same set aside. It has to be the same judge who will revisit the review petition.”
The chief minister said that the process is long but will not reveal the strategy now. “Our opponents are strong and the moment I say something here they will start finding ways to undo those. Our aim is to get it revised by court or centre or using the power of the Assam government. How far we will be successful I do not know for the then chief justice had stated that this NRC is final.”
Assam was the first state in the country where NRC exercise was rolled out, NRC is a supreme Court monitored exercise aimed at weeding out illegal immigrants.
The supplementary NRC list, published on August 31, 2019, had found more than 31.1 million people eligible to be included in the registry while leaving out over 1.9 million people.
BJP has been unhappy over the NRC and has stated as NRC authority refused to accept refugee certificates issued prior 1971 because of which large scale Bengalee Hindu, Koch Rajbonshi and Buddhist people got excluded from NRC.
The Supreme court on August 22 this year issued notices to the notices to the Union Government, the Assam Government, the present NRC State Coordinator, and the Registrar General of India following a writ petition filed by former NRC coordinator seeking for a complete, comprehensive and time- bound reverification of the draft NRC as well as the supplementary list of NRC.
A bench comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Atul Chandurkar took up the matter and issued notices.
Former NRC co-ordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has pleaded for a complete, comprehensive and time- bound reverification of the draft NRC as well as the supplementary list of NRC under the provision of the Clause 4(3) of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and
Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules 2003.
The updation process of the NRC in Assam is caught in a logjam two years after the publication of the supplementary list on August 31, 2019. Rejection slips are yet to be issued to those excluded – who can move the Foreigners Tribunal (FT) to challenge the decision – and RGI has not yet notified the NRC.
The Supreme Court which is monitoring the NRC updation had earlier rejected Assam and Centre government’s plea for conducting 20 per cent sample re-verification of the draft NRC published on July 30, 2018, in districts bordering Bangladesh.
Former NRC co-ordinator, Prateek Hajela on July 18, 2019, submitted in the Court that 27 percent incidental re-verification is already done during the claims and objections process.
Sarma while talking to media persons on Wednesday said, “NRC is faulty, and fraud was committed on Assamese people. During the NRC exercise it was falsely shown that a missing father or maternal uncle was meeting their family. All these were part of the conspiracy, similar names were picked from the voter list for example of 1980 and similar names were pulled out from 1971 voters to do this exercise”.
He said, “Some officers included suspected persons in the Original Inhabitant clause. There are a lot of anomalies in NRC. We believe the courts will at an opportune time decide on these anomalies. Or we must request the government of India to publish this NRC and seek permission for an update in the next round.”
Sarma said, “Several legal angles are examined so that a second look can be given to NRC. Review petitions were filed on a couple of occasions in the Supreme court and those were rejected, one some petition notices were issued. Lot of events are happening. Generally, when the Supreme court gives final judgement, it is difficult to get the same set aside. It has to be the same judge who will revisit the review petition.”
The chief minister said that the process is long but will not reveal the strategy now. “Our opponents are strong and the moment I say something here they will start finding ways to undo those. Our aim is to get it revised by court or centre or using the power of the Assam government. How far we will be successful I do not know for the then chief justice had stated that this NRC is final.”
Assam was the first state in the country where NRC exercise was rolled out, NRC is a supreme Court monitored exercise aimed at weeding out illegal immigrants.
The supplementary NRC list, published on August 31, 2019, had found more than 31.1 million people eligible to be included in the registry while leaving out over 1.9 million people.
BJP has been unhappy over the NRC and has stated as NRC authority refused to accept refugee certificates issued prior 1971 because of which large scale Bengalee Hindu, Koch Rajbonshi and Buddhist people got excluded from NRC.
The Supreme court on August 22 this year issued notices to the notices to the Union Government, the Assam Government, the present NRC State Coordinator, and the Registrar General of India following a writ petition filed by former NRC coordinator seeking for a complete, comprehensive and time- bound reverification of the draft NRC as well as the supplementary list of NRC.
A bench comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Atul Chandurkar took up the matter and issued notices.
Former NRC co-ordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has pleaded for a complete, comprehensive and time- bound reverification of the draft NRC as well as the supplementary list of NRC under the provision of the Clause 4(3) of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and
Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules 2003.
The updation process of the NRC in Assam is caught in a logjam two years after the publication of the supplementary list on August 31, 2019. Rejection slips are yet to be issued to those excluded – who can move the Foreigners Tribunal (FT) to challenge the decision – and RGI has not yet notified the NRC.
The Supreme Court which is monitoring the NRC updation had earlier rejected Assam and Centre government’s plea for conducting 20 per cent sample re-verification of the draft NRC published on July 30, 2018, in districts bordering Bangladesh.
Former NRC co-ordinator, Prateek Hajela on July 18, 2019, submitted in the Court that 27 percent incidental re-verification is already done during the claims and objections process.
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