Referring to the draft National Register of Citizens recently published in Assam, BJP president Amit Shah said the BJP was able to identify 40 lakh illegal immigrants. read more

People excluded from Assam’s citizens’ register can file their claims for inclusion in the NRC final draft from September 25, the Supreme Court decided on Wednesday. The window will tentatively remain open for 60 days.

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The final draft NRC list was published on July 30 in which names of 2.89 crore of the 3.29 crore people were included. read more

People excluded from Assam’s national register of citizens get time to make their claims. read more

Assam government is also going to request the court that it be given the details of those who have been excluded from the NRC. The NRC exercise is a Supreme Court mandated one and the data has not been shared with the state government. read more

BJP president Amit Shah had attacked the Congress in poll-bound Rajasthan over its criticism of the draft National Register of Citizens in Assam. read more

Amit Shah claimed the Congress was only “worried about the vote bank” , referring to the allegation that the Congress turned a blind eye to the issue of illegal immigrants in Assam for the sake of votes. read more

Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary Ram Madhav on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) completed draft said 3 steps will be taken after NRC, Detect, Delete and Deport. “Next step will be disenfranchising- deletion of names of illegal immigrants from voters list & deprive them from Govt benefits. 3rd stage will be deportation”, said Ram Madhav while addressing the gathering in New Delhi. The NRC completed draft in Assam was published on July 31 this year.read more

BJP leader Ram Madhav said the NRC is being updated as part of the ‘Assam Accord’ signed in 1985 under which the government had made a commitment to “detect, delete and deport” all illegal immigrants from the state. read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam unit lashed out at Prateek Hajela, the state coordinator of NRC, for dropping five key documents from the list for the claims and objections exercise. read more

The statue of Ahom general Lachit Borphukan who defeated the Mughals in the Battle of Saraighat, on the river Brahmaputra in Guwahati. Even before it became part of independent India, Assam was a meeting ground of dynasties, tribes, traders, immigrants. It was also a place where Bengalis of all faiths learnt to pull together, watchful of the other yet cordial. Both were accepted by the Assamese as part of Assam, till, as they say, “they couldn’t”.

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Urging people to have no fret regarding the NRC draft, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday assured that no Indian national would be excluded from the list. (HT Correspondent)read more

Rajnath Singh said the NRC was necessary to identify Indian citizens and weed out illegal immigrants. read more

A recent submission by Hajela to the Supreme Court on the list of documents which could be submitted afresh in the claims and objections phase of the exercise has vexed some groups. read more

The NRC exercise is about identifying illegal immigrants within Assam. So why are the Bengalis saying they are being targeted? read more