Assam NRC : APW to appeal before SC to form monitoring committee

Assam Public Works (APW) president, Abhijeet Sharma, on Saturday said there were a large number of anomalies during the NRC updation process, due to large number of illegal foreigners name were included in the final draft of NRC published on July 30.

“NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela admitted in the apex court that, there were reported of some cases of buying and selling of legacy data. The Morigaon district Deputy Commissioner also admitted that, 39 suspected illegal foreigner families name were included in the final draft of NRC. It is proved that, there were a large number of anomalies in the NRC updation process,” Sharma said.

Abhijeet Sharma further said that they will appeal before the Supreme Court to form a monitoring committee.

“This committee will monitor the entire NRC process. People of Assam want a foreigners free NRC. So we have to be alerted,” Sharma said.

The APW alleged that the Registrar General of India was aware everything as how the illegal foreigners name included in the draft NRC and how the legacy data were buying and selling, but he didn’t take any action.

The final draft of NRC was published on July 30 by including the names of 2.89 crore persons out of 3.29 crore applicants.

The Supreme Court has chosen ten identity proof documents for the re-verification of the around 40.7 lakh applicants excluded from the final draft of NRC and asked all stakeholders to let their views known on the documents before Sept 19 as the apex court will hear the case on Sept 19.

Meanwhile, APW had submitted a memorandum to the NRC state coordinator and suggested for scrutiny of NRC based on residency check as per directive by the apex court.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)