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The NGO whose petition in the Supreme Court had led to the update of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has alleged widespread manipulation, including elementary data entry fraud, in the exercise.
The unverified allegation unwittingly brings to the fore the question how reliable such a nationwide exercise can be if even one state could not prevent purported foul play in spite of the exercise being monitored by the Supreme Court and with a BJP-led government in power in Assam when the data was verified.
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The questions and the very basic nature of the allegations assume significance because the BJP, depending on the geography and demography, occasionally makes noises about replicating the update in the rest of the country and protecting its vote banks that could be affected by the exercise.