Assam govt is violating court's order, says APCC

Assam government has been accused by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee for violating the Supreme Court's order in the National Register of Citizen re-verification process.

New Delhi: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Saturday accused the state government of violating the Supreme Court's order in the National Register of Citizen (NRC) verification process.

APCC President Ripun Bora told ETV Bharat: "The Supreme Court very recently has denied state government and central government's appeal for verification in the NRC update process. Ironically, the Assam government and NRC administrator has issued a notice to the thousands of people for re-verification. This is a gross violation of SC's order."

People have been asked to appear to the verification centre within 24 hours."If someone stays 400 km away, how can he or she reach verification centres! This is total injustice," said Bora.

He further added that Government intends to delete more names from the draft NRC. Significantly, the final NRC will be released on or before August 31.

In a recent decision, the apex court has also ruled out government's appeal for re-verification of 20 per cent people along the India-Bangladesh border and 10 per cent verification in other areas.

Reportedly, more than 41 lakh people have been excluded from the draft NRC list till now.

The NRC process is being carried out in Assam to detect illegal Bangladeshi migrants.