Guwahati: Veteran Congress leader Tarun Gogoi on Friday asked the BJP-led central government to make it clear why the final NRC would be scrapped, when the saffron party had taken all the credit and promised to deport 40 lakh illegal immigrants after its draft was published.
Gogoi, former chief minister of Assam, also alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s announcement to carry out the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process across India is a tactic to divert people’s attention from the real issues of the country.
“The Centre should clarify on what basis the updated final NRC in Assam will be scrapped. When the first draft of the NRC was published, the BJP had taken all the credit and promised to detect and deport 40 lakh illegal foreigners,” he told a press conference here.
The part publication of draft NRC was done on the midnight of December 31, 2017, and the complete draft was published on July 30, 2018. The names of 40.07 lakh applicants did not find a place in that document.
The exercise was carried out under the supervision of the Supreme Court. The updated final NRC which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam was released on August 31 excluding names of over 19 lakh applicants in the state.
Amit Shah on Wednesday announced that the NRC would be updated again in the state and across the country.
The same day, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state government has requested Shah to dismiss the NRC in its current form. (PTI)
