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Assam: 19 lakh excluded from NRC final list

Final NRC list published on Saturday excludes 19 lakh people
Final NRC list published on Saturday excludes 19 lakh people

At least 19 lakh people have been excluded from the final National Register of Citizens in Assam. The government said that those who are excluded will continue to enjoy rights for now.

The final National Register of Citizens has left the fate of 19 lakh people uncertain after their names were not included in the list. A total of 3.11 crore people were included in the very same.

The full list of the candidates who have been approved for the NRC will be declared online on September 7. The NRC guarantees Indian citizenship for people living in Assam.

Soon after the final NRC was revealed, criticism against the contentious list started pouring in. Opposition leaders and human rights group such as the Amnesty International expressed concern over the final NRC tally. Filipo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, enjoined India to make sure that no one is left stateless. Grandi further said that “any process that could leave large numbers of people without a nationality would be an enormous blow to global efforts to eradicate statelessness.”

The Ministry of External Affairs has issued a clarification regarding the same. MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar opined, “Those who are not in the final (NRC) list will not be detained and will continue to enjoy all the rights as before till they have exhausted all the remedies available under the law. It does not make the excluded person stateless.” He further said that those who are excluded from the list can appeal for inclusion before Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT). The judicial process will commence once the appellate period is over. Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asserted that all the genuine citizens will be given assistance for the next 120 days for inclusion in the list.

Also read: https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/assam-nrc-final-list-out-what-will-happen-to-the-19-lakh-excluded-people/story/376476.html