Assam NRC: MHA issues advisory, asks people not to believe in rumours

The Ministry of Home Affairs urged people to not believe in rumours related to the final publication of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam on August 31.

New Delhi: Ahead of the publication of the final NRC on August 31, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued an advisory, urging people not to believe in rumours.

The ministry reiterated that the non-inclusion of a person's name in NRC does not amount to his or her being declared a foreigner.

• DO NOT BELIEVE RUMOURS ABOUT NRC.
  
  Non-inclusion of a person's name in NRC does NOT amount to his/her being declared a foreigner.
  
  Every individual left out from final NRC can can appeal to Foreigners Tribunals, an increased number of which are being established. pic.twitter.com/8pzNlFV5Ok

  — Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) August 29, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  DO NOT BELIEVE RUMOURS ABOUT NRC.
  
  Non-inclusion of a person's name in NRC does NOT amount to his/her being declared a foreigner.
  
  Every individual left out from final NRC can can appeal to Foreigners Tribunals, an increased number of which are being established. pic.twitter.com/8pzNlFV5Ok

  — Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) August 29, 2019

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  DO NOT BELIEVE RUMOURS ABOUT NRC.
  
  Non-inclusion of a person's name in NRC does NOT amount to his/her being declared a foreigner.
  
  Every individual left out from final NRC can can appeal to Foreigners Tribunals, an increased number of which are being established. pic.twitter.com/8pzNlFV5Ok

  — Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) August 29, 2019

"Every individual left out from final NRC can appeal to Foreigners' Tribunals (FTs), an increased number of which are being established," the MHA said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Assam government has tightened security across the state ahead of the publication of National Register of Citizens (NRC) on August 31.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is in constant touch with the state government.

The Union government is also reviewing the state's preparedness to handle the law and order issue that might arise as reaction from those left out of the NRC.

The NRC is a list of all citizens domiciled in Assam and is being updated at present to retain bonafide citizens within the state and evict illegal settlers, purportedly migrants from Bangladesh.

At present, the list is being updated - for the first time since 1951 - by the Registrar General of India in a Supreme Court-monitored exercise.

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