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Photos: Citizenship crisis in Assam after NRC release
Updated On Jul 31, 2018 03:53 pm IST
Over 40 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants have been excluded from Assam’s draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) released on Monday, sparking concerns about their future and triggering a nationwide political row. Later in the evening, the Union Home Ministry however announced that the final NRC list will be published by December 31, 2018. The Assam government started the process of updating the NRC in December 2013. All residents in the state were asked to produce documents proving that they or their families had lived in India before March 24, 1971.
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Villagers arrive by boat to check their names in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), at a centre at Goroimari on Monday. Amid row over the status of those excluded from the NRC list, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said Assam’s updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a draft and “no coercive action” should be taken against people whose names were excluded. (PTI)
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A man sits near security personnel as he arrives to check if his name is included in the National Register of Citizens at a draft center in Mayoung. As the controversy over denying citizenship to 40 lakh applicants brewed, the central government urged people not to panic and asked the opposition not to politicise the issue. (Anupam Nath / AP)
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People wait to check their names on the final draft in Tezpur. Registrar General of India Sailesh, who released the draft, said “ample opportunity” would be given to these applicants if they file claims and objections between August 30 and September 28 before the final list is prepared. (PTI)
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Amid concerns, Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary (Northeast) in the Union Home Ministry in Delhi, said none of those whose names do not figure in the list will be taken to any detention camp or foreigners’ tribunals. (PTI)
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A woman holding her child checks if their names are included in the National Register of Citizens at a draft center. The Assam government started the process of updating the NRC in December 2013. All residents in the state were asked to produce documents proving that they or their families had lived in India before March 24, 1971. (Anupam Nath / AP)
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The list drew criticism from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee who slammed the Assam and Modi government for ‘ trying to bulldoze them.’Opposition parties led by the Trinamool and the Samajwadi Party created an uproar in the Rajya Sabha, forcing repeated disruptions and finally adjournment for the day. (Anupam Nath / AP)
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Later in the evening, the Union Home Ministry announced that the final NRC list will be published by December 31, 2018. There are also reports of names which were included in the first draft but have been deleted from the complete one. Assam, which has witnessed an influx of people from neighbouring Bangladesh since the early 20th century, is the only state having an NRC, which was first prepared in 1951. (PTI)
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