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Govt must ensure inclusion of 'indigenous' people left out of NRC: Upamanyu Hazarika

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Upamanyu Hazarika, a former Supreme Court lawyer who has been vocal about the alleged exclusion of "indigenous" population of the state from the NRC, batted for "a fresh initiative" to ensure their inclusion in the citizens register.

Govt must ensure inclusion of 'indigenous' people left out of NRC: Upamanyu Hazarika

Govt must ensure inclusion of 'indigenous' people left out of NRC: Upamanyu Hazarika

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Published : Aug 19, 2019, 8:28 PM IST

Guwahati: With the date for the publication of final National Register of Citizens inching closer, the fear of not making it to the contentious register is also growing among the people of the state.

Upamanyu Hazarika, a former Supreme Court lawyer, who has been vocal about the alleged exclusion of "indigenous" population of the state from the NRC, batted for "a fresh initiative" to ensure their inclusion in the citizens register while speaking to ETV Bharat.

Govt must ensure inclusion of 'indigenous' people left out of NRC: Upamanyu Hazarika

Hazarika said, "There are a significantly large number of citizens who have not applied for inclusion into the NRC, the question is what is their status after the final publication of the NRC. This creates a very peculiar and ridiculous situation for those who are actual citizens, with them not finding their place in the NRC only because they have not applied."

"These are people who would be counted as original inhabitants of the state in terms of their roots and who would accordingly have documents dating 1971 or 1951," added Hazarika.

"For the original inhabitant who is left out of the NRC, for whatever reasons including non-applications or rejection on technical ground, the government must take up a fresh initiative to include those left out of the register, " said Hazarika, who also fought the Guwahati Lok Sabha seat in the 2019 general elections on the ground of "illegal infiltration" as an electoral issue.

The Assam government in April claimed that the percentage of people excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens was lower in districts bordering Bangladesh, that have a sizeable Muslim population than those where Hindus were in majority.

Assam Accord Implementation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary placed a district-wise list of inclusions, rejections and non-inclusion of applicants’ names in the NRC in the state Assembly.

The list showed the total number of applicants was 3,29,91,385 out of which 40,07,717 names (12.15 per cent) were not included. The percentage of excluded names in the districts bordering Bangladesh, such as South Salmara was 7.22, Dhubri 8.26 and Karimganj 7.67. Non-border districts Hojai and Darrang have the highest non-inclusion rate at 32.99 per cent and 30.90 per cent, respectively.

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The final NRC is scheduled to be published on August 31.

Guwahati: With the date for the publication of final National Register of Citizens inching closer, the fear of not making it to the contentious register is also growing among the people of the state.

Upamanyu Hazarika, a former Supreme Court lawyer, who has been vocal about the alleged exclusion of "indigenous" population of the state from the NRC, batted for "a fresh initiative" to ensure their inclusion in the citizens register while speaking to ETV Bharat.

Govt must ensure inclusion of 'indigenous' people left out of NRC: Upamanyu Hazarika

Hazarika said, "There are a significantly large number of citizens who have not applied for inclusion into the NRC, the question is what is their status after the final publication of the NRC. This creates a very peculiar and ridiculous situation for those who are actual citizens, with them not finding their place in the NRC only because they have not applied."

"These are people who would be counted as original inhabitants of the state in terms of their roots and who would accordingly have documents dating 1971 or 1951," added Hazarika.

"For the original inhabitant who is left out of the NRC, for whatever reasons including non-applications or rejection on technical ground, the government must take up a fresh initiative to include those left out of the register, " said Hazarika, who also fought the Guwahati Lok Sabha seat in the 2019 general elections on the ground of "illegal infiltration" as an electoral issue.

The Assam government in April claimed that the percentage of people excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens was lower in districts bordering Bangladesh, that have a sizeable Muslim population than those where Hindus were in majority.

Assam Accord Implementation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary placed a district-wise list of inclusions, rejections and non-inclusion of applicants’ names in the NRC in the state Assembly.

The list showed the total number of applicants was 3,29,91,385 out of which 40,07,717 names (12.15 per cent) were not included. The percentage of excluded names in the districts bordering Bangladesh, such as South Salmara was 7.22, Dhubri 8.26 and Karimganj 7.67. Non-border districts Hojai and Darrang have the highest non-inclusion rate at 32.99 per cent and 30.90 per cent, respectively.

Also read: Assam: ZUF cadre apprehended by troops of Assam Rifles

The final NRC is scheduled to be published on August 31.

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countdown : 10 more days for NRC final draft......

guwahati, 19 august: Only 10 days left for the publish of final NRC . Now the exitement before the NRC publish is increasing among the people of the state. while it is clear that there are almost 5 lakh people will not have their name in the final draft. most of the indigenious people of assam have not applied for NRC due to the less concern of the people andthe authority as well. however, now a question of their fate is rising as they might have to face indentity crisis after the final NRC publish . the intellectual and common people asking that will the government would be able to save the indigenious assamese people from becoming forigner in their own land?

in a conversation with advocate Upamanyu Hazrika he said that among the current population of 3 crore 29 lakh 91 thousand 384 of assam most of them did not applied for NRC. In the first draft, the names of 2 crore 98 lakh 83 thousnad people living in the state was included and name of 40 lakh 7 thousand and 707 people were left out. among those 40 lakh left out name from the NRC first draft most of them had submitted wrong legacy data, and indentity prof. apart from that names of 2 lakh people were not included due to D voter allegation on them and their on going cases in the Assam foreigner tribunal.

the left out people from the NRC first draft were given a chance to resubmit their datas and reslove any inquriy about the NRC process if they have. But among the left out names only 36 lakh 2 thousand people have re-applied their name in NRC.

on 26th of june NRC authority published an another list where the published the names 1 lakh 32 thousand 462 D voter and already proved forigen citizens whose names mistakenly included in the first draft of NRC .

hence it is pradictable that most of these people will not have their name in the upcoming NRC. But now the most important quesation rising among the people is how the state goverment will save the names of indigenious people of the Assam, who had not applied for NRC due to their lack of concern.

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