GUWAHATI: The National Register of Citizen (NRC) state coordinator Prateek Hajela on Saturday made power point presentation (PPT) before Supreme Court to drive home the logic behind omission of the five documents while filing claims for inclusion of names in the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
It was learnt that Hajela reiterated his stand in the Supreme Court during the presentation of the PPT that five documents, earlier accepted as proof of citizenship for Assam residents, cannot be used anymore. He made the presentation before the Bench comprising of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Nariman.
The five documents, Hajela has been demanding to exclude are names in the NRC of 1951, names in electoral rolls up to March 24, 1971, citizenship certificate and refugee registration certificate, certified copies of pre-1971 electoral rolls, particularly, those issued by the state of Tripura and ration cards issued prior to March 24, 1971, which is the cut-off date fixed by the Assam Accord for detection and deportation of illegal migrants from the state.
Hajela’s stand to oppose these five documents had created widespread reactions across Assam with several organisations burning effigy of the NRC coordinator.
Meanwhile, Assam government will file a petition in the Supreme Court seeking continuation with all the 15 documents including the five sought to be omitted by the NRC state coordination. It was informed by Advocate Shantanu Bharali , legal adviser to Assam chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal.