From Our Correspondent
GUWAHATI: The National Register of Citizen (NRC) state coordinator Prateek Hajela on Saturday made a power point presentation before the Supreme Court to explain the logic behind the omission of the five documents of the NRC.
Hajela reiterated his stand in the court during the presentation that the five documents which were earlier accepted as proof of citizenship for Assam residents cannot be used anymore.
The presentation was done before the bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Nariman. The five documents Hajela has been demanding to exclude from the NRC 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 the 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.