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Guwahati, In a significant revelation, the <keyword id="383721" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Register-of-Citizens">National Register of Citizens</keyword>' (NRC) Assam state coordinator has told that the Gauhati High Court claimed that there might be 2.77 lakh "undeserving" names in the list, released on August 31 last year, excluding the names of over 19 lakh persons, officials said on Thursday. Assam's NRC Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma, following the court's direction in October, submitted a detailed affidavit, saying that the NRC published in August last year was only a "supplementary list" and the final document is yet to published by the Registrar General of India (RGI). The affidavit said: "Considering the fact that 1,02,462 names deleted through 'incidental verification' of 27 per cent of the draft NRC, one definitely cannotignore the remaining 73 per cent unverified results where there may be 2.77 lakhs undeserving names in the NRC going by the same arithmetic." The 18-page affidavit said that 1,032 persons belonging to the Declared Foreigner (DF), Doubtful Voter (DV) and person having cases pending at Foreigners Tribunal (PFT) categories and their descendants have been wrongly included in the NRC. It said that absence of quality check in the original inhabitant marking and verification, lack of quality check in family tree cross checking and matching are the main reasons behind such "wrongful inclusions". IAS officer Sarma, in the affidavit, categorically stated that nearly 4,800 ineligible persons got included in the updated NRC for Assam. The affidavit was submitted in a division bench comprising Justice Manojit Bhuyan and Justice Soumitra Saikia in connection with a petition filed earlier by a woman. Among the 10,199 persons whose details were verified, names of 5,404 persons which should have got included in the NRC didn't make it to the list. Sarma, in his affidavit, said that all the anomalies detected by him in the published NRC were reported to the RGI on February 15 seeking necessary directions for corrective measures in the interest of an error free NRC which is of utmost importance as it is directly related to national security and integrity but no directions have been communicated by the RGI. "The RGI is also silent on final publication of the NRC for which it is the only authority to take action and till date the final NRC is yet to be published by the RGI," the affidavit said. The Gauhati High Court in the last week of October has asked the NRC state coordinator to file a comprehensive affidavit detailing how a section of ineligible people managed to include their names in the NRC published on August 31 last year. The Supreme Court which is monitoring the NRC updation had earlier rejected Assam and Central government's pleas for conducting 20 per cent sample re-verification. The NRC under direct supervision of the Supreme Court was released on August 31 last year, excluding the names of 19,06,657 persons. A total of 3,11,21,004 names were included out of 3,30,27,661 applicants. Most of the stakeholders, NGOs and political parties, after the publication of the NRC, criticised it as a flawed document, claiming exclusion of genuine indigenous people and the inclusion of illegal immigrants. Assam's Parliamentary Affairs Chandra Mohan Patowary recently informed the Assembly that the state government had submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court requesting for re-verification of 20 per cent names in districts bordering Bangladesh and 10 per cent in the remaining areas of the state. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had claimed that the Assam NRC is "faulty" and had rejected it. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/instagram-facebook-messenger-outage-in-india-europe-japan-and-other-parts-of-the-world/articleshow/79661777.cms">Instagram and Facebook Messenger down for users across the globe</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/infosys-hcl-tech-and-tcs-stocks-may-see-another-surge-estimates-edelweiss-heres-why/articleshow/79659516.cms">One research firm says shares of Infosys, HCL Tech, and TCS may see another surge — here's why</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/india-desi-gps-finally-joins-china-russia-and-the-us-after-a-two-year-long-wait/articleshow/79656300.cms">India’s desi-GPS is now in the same league as the US, Russia and China — can scan 1,500 kilometres beyond its own borders</a>

Assam NRC list not final — High Court told there are 2.77 lakh 'undeserving' names in an 18-page affidavit

The union cabinet today passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, <keyword id="54707" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="2016">2016</keyword> which legitimises illegal immigrants of certain religions. This attempt to sieve immigrants on the basis of religion resulted in protests and debates on the Narendra Modi-led government. What is the <keyword id="452568" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Citizenship-bill">citizenship bill</keyword>? As per PRS legislative, an independent research institute. the bill amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 to add a religious angle. In its new avatar, the citizenship bill makes illegal migrants who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from ⁠— Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan --- eligible for citizenship. To be able to benefit from it, the applicant must have resided in India during the last 12 months and for 11 of the previous 14 years. For the applicants of the above mentioned six religions from three countries, the bill relaxes the 11 year requirement to six. Why was this bill being opposed? This bill which was brought to the fore in 2016 had sparked protests from many groups for picking and choosing the religion of the people who would be eligible for citizenship. PRS says that this Bill could violate Article 14 of the Indian Constitution which guarantees the right to equality. “The Bill allows cancellation of Original Citizens of India (OCI) registration for violation of any law. This is a wide ground that may cover a range of violations, including minor offences (eg. parking in a no parking zone),” said PRS. Added to that, Muslims, Jews and atheists have been left out of the bill which goes on to include only those religions who are in minority in the three countries in question. Many debaters have pointed out that Muslims are a minority in Nepal and Sri Lanka, and the amendment excludes them. The government had claimed that the Bill is for the greater good of the country, and offers sanctuary to asylum seekers. “There are some decisions that are acceptable to some, not acceptable to others. The BJP has thought deeply about the <keyword id="1814045" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Citizenship-Amendment-Bill">Citizenship Amendment Bill</keyword> before bringing it. We cannot leave a large swathe of people fleeing persecution hanging in mid-air. We believe that the Bill is necessary for the country,” Amit Shah, the home minister of India told earlier this year, as agitations against the Bill were<a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/citizenship-bill-necessary-says-amit-shah/article26168945.ece"> at the zenith.</a> Who has agitated against the bill? Though protests and marches against the bill were organized all over the country, civil groups of Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh have been vehemently against it. The new bill violates the Assam Accord, 1985 — which led to deportation of illegal immigrants in the state regardless of their religion, many debaters had said. Families of around 855 martyrs of the anti-foreigners Assam Agitation of 1979-1985 had returned the citation that the government had given them in 2016. “India is a democracy, though people have the right to voice their ideas and demands, such actions are not appreciated in society,” said Assam<a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/assam-admits-protests-over-citizenship-bill-a-challenge-calls-for-calm-1987411"> Chief Secretary Alok Kumar</a>. The controversial bill coupled with National Register of Citizens (NRC) might alter the composition of many states in the country--especially the North-East which is known to harbour maximum illegal immigrants. What next? After the approval of the Union cabinet, the bill will be tabled in the Parliament next week. The bill was passed by the lower house of the last winter session had lapsed as it awaited the upper house to pass it-- and lapsed as the government was dissolved. The Union defence minister <a href="https://www.livemint.com/news/india/union-cabinet-gives-green-signal-to-citizenship-amendment-bill-11575437696107.html">is known to </a>have asked all the MPs against absenteeism in both the houses as it is tabled. As Amit Shah tables the bill, the opposition is expected to disrupt the session, and the ruling BJP is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that it gets the green signal this time around.

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