GUWAHATI: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday urged the All Assam Students’ Union to press the state and central governments to complete the National Register of Citizens process instead of demanding a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Assam.
Senior Congress spokesperson and former MLA Binanda Saikia, former MLA Satyabrata Kalita and Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress president Mira Borthakur Goswami raised the issue at a press conference at Rajiv Bhavan here.
Saikia said the NRC updation process began in 2013 and concluded with the publication of the final list on August 31, 2019. Of more than 3.30 crore applicants, 3.11 crore people were included in the final NRC, while about 19 lakh were excluded, he said.
He questioned the steps taken by the central and state governments regarding the 19 lakh excluded applicants and the 3.11 crore people included in the list. He also asked why those excluded remained in uncertainty and whether citizenship identity cards had been issued to those included in the NRC.
“Even after seven years, these questions remain unanswered,” Saikia said.
He alleged that the BJP raised issues such as infiltrators, foreigners, Miya and Bangladeshis ahead of elections but had failed to act on its promises to detect and deport foreigners.
