Army to help jawans excluded from NRC

Indian Army chief General BipinRawat on Friday said that the Indian Army would provide support to any armypersonal who has an issue with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) inAssam.

While speaking at the 20 yearscelebration of Kargil War victory in Dras, General Rawat said, "We will supportany army personal who has an issue with the NRC. If a person has served theIndian Forces then he will surely be taken care of." He further assured to helparmy personal with all the required documents.

It may be mentioned here that recently Kargil war veteran Mohammad Sanaullah's name has been struck off from the NRC list. He was also declared a foreigner by a Foreigners' Tribunal and sent to a detention camp. However, Sanaullah was later released from the detention camp.