Assam Government Trying To Implement Citizenship Act In Roundabout Way: Congress Leader Assam Government Trying To Implement Citizenship Act In Roundabout Way: Congress Leader Debabrata Saikia cited a letter asking officials to spread information on grant of citizenship to migrants from 3 countries who hold Long Term Visas.
Assam had seen widespread protests against the citizenship legislation. File
Guwahati:
Leader of the Opposition in Assam Assembly and Congress MLA Debabrata Saikia has alleged that the BJP government in the state is trying to get the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) implemented in a roundabout way.
Mr Saikia has cited a March 19 government letter that directed Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police, Foreigners Registration Officers etc to disseminate information regarding grant of citizenship to migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who hold Long Term Visas. The letter was issued days before the Assembly polls after which BJP retu
Attempt To Reopen Assam s NRC, Plea In Supreme Court For Reverification Attempt To Reopen Assam s NRC, Plea In Supreme Court For Reverification The draft citizen s list of August 2019, had left out 19 lakh people. Most are those who did not provide adequate documents to prove their citizenship claims, officials had said.
Assam s NRC coordinator said irreguularities found in both final draft and the supplementary list.
Guwahati: Major irregularities have been detected in the lists of the National Registry of Citizens in Assam and a comprehensive re-verification should be conducted, the state s NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has sought in a petition filed in the Supreme Court. The irregularities, he said, have been detected in the final draft as well as the supplementary list. While ineligible names were included, many eligible names have also been excluded, he said in his petition.
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