GUWAHATI: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee has alleged that the BJP is using the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for its own political purpose.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President, Ripun Bora, said “Looking at the way things are going, it seems that the BJP government does not want the NRC list to be published and wants to delay the process.”
He added, “This is why a few days ago, the state government along with the centre, had moved the Supreme Court asking for a 20% sample re-verification of the draft NRC in districts bordering Bangladesh and 10 per cent in other districts.”
Bora mentioned that they want a 100 per cent accurate, completely correct NRC in which no foreigner’s name should feature and that the authorities should ensure that no genuine Indian citizen’s name should be left out of it.
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The Congress also announced that the party will provide legal help to those genuine citizens whose names left out of the final list.
Attacking the BJP, the APCC president said that it has been seen that names of some former army personnel, family members of freedom fighters was missing from the list. “They want to deprive some people in the name of religion, which is wrong,” said Bora.
He added that those whose names are missing from the final list should be provided with the proper order within a week after the publication of NRC so as to help them in appealing in front of the foreign tribunal.
Bora added that the government should take special care to ensure that no communal tension, rumour mongering takes place after 31st August.