AASU welcomes apex court's move to transfer Prateek Hajela

Hailing the Supreme Court's order to transfer Assam NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela, All Assam Students Union (AASU) chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya said that there was a lot of discrepancy in the final NRC and there should be a re-verification of the final list. The final NRC has excluded over 19 lakh people who failed to ascertain their Indian nationality.

New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday transferred National Register of Citizen (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh "for the maximum possible period."

The final publication of NRC on August 31 was marked with a massive hue and cry with several groups in Assam demanding for re-verification of the NRC updating process.

A special bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SA Bobde and RF Nariman ordered the inter-cadre transfer of Hajela on deputation to his native state

Welcoming the move, All Assam Students Union (AASU), an influential student organisation of Assam said that "It is a right move."

Speaking exclusively to ETV Bharat, AASU chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya said, "There was a lot of discrepancy in the final NRC. We have been demanding re-verification of the process."

He said that a larger number of foreigners have also been included in the final NRC list.

He further said that the NRC coordinator also violated SC's guidelines while updating the NRC. "He did not appoint an observer, neither any verification was done. Even officials of doubtful conducts were also not transferred during the NRC update process," said Bhattacharya.

The AASU has appealed the Supreme Court to appoint a senior officer as a new NRC observer "so that names of illegal foreigners could be deleted from NRC list."

The final NRC has excluded over 19 lakh people who failed to ascertain their Indian nationality.