BJP Expresses Dissatisfaction Over NRC

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expressed dissatisfaction overNational Register of Citizens' (NRC) published today saying that they are nothappy with the number of excluded people as former Chief Minister HiteswarSaikia said in 1999 itself that there were 30 lakh foreigners' in Assam.

The BJP demanded that the left out names of genuine Indian should beincluded in the NRC even by implementing Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).

Addressing a press conference after the publication of final NRC, BJPPresident Ranjit Dass said that even Prakash Jaiswal also said in the RajyaSabha that 50 lakh foreigners' were residing in the state. He stated that whenSaikia and Jaiswal have mentioned about the huge number of foreigners' thatwere living at that time then how come the numbers become so less from theexclusion list of NRC.

Dass further stated that the Indians are not safe with this NRC. "Wehave received names of genuine Indian citizens which have not been included inthe NRC. We have also filed a petition seeking five additional documents to besubmitted but the NRC Coordinator Prateek Hajela has said that it is not necessaryto accept these additional documents," said Dass.

He further reiterated that the Biswas, Sarkar title holder have to faceproblem as the refugee certificate, migration certificate have not beenaccepted by Hajela.

The BJP President also alleged that it is through fake certificatesthat many foreigners' name has been included in the NRC. The foreigners' namehas been included as no counter-verification has been done.

The BJP further demanded a national level NRC as many people holdingtitle of Saha, Jain, Agarwala etc. have been left out intentionally.  It further alleged that Hajela has liedregarding the re-verification saying that they don't believe that 27%re-verification has been done.