“The Centre has done nothing in the past year. As long as the appellant’s plea remains sub-judice with the Foreigner’s Tribunal, he or she cannot be treated as a foreigner, the chief minister said in a statement. Assam Finance and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Centre and the State governments have been discussing new ways to eject foreigners after the “disappointment” with the NRC. A high-power panel formed by the Home Ministry for implementing Clause 6 of the Assam Accord has given its report to Assam Chief Secretary Sanjay Krishna, after the panel members waited for a few days in Delhi but did not get an appointment from the Home Ministry to receive the report, sources have said. Sarma claimed there were financial anomalies involved in the preparation of the NRC by Hajela. Assam NRC Coordinator's Letter To All Districts Seeks Details Of "Ineligible Persons" In Final List, India News | ANI | Saturday February 22, 2020. "Those excluded could move Foreigners Tribunals, [there is] 120 days window to appeal," an MHA official told The Hindu. In a tweet, the Ministry of Home Affairs urged the people not to believe in rumours on publication of the Assam NRC list. NRC was updated under the direct monitoring of Supreme Court and in deference to Assam Accord.

More than 41 lakh people were excluded from the draft NRC in two phases, of whom 3.61 lakh did not re-apply for inclusion. However, he or she may be arrested and sent to a detention camp right after the FT declares him or her a “foreigner”. Lahiri, who received Veer Chakra for his exploits in the 1965 war and also played a key role in drawing up the strategies during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. We are asking the court’s permission for 15% revision of the NRC.”. Last year, a “people’s tribunal” had also pointed out flaws about the Supreme Court’s role in the compilation of Assam’s National Register of Citizens. As many as 3.3 crore people had applied for the exercise. The Assam government Saturday claimed many genuine Indian citizens have been left out of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), but said they do not need to panic as they have option to appeal in the Foreigners Tribunal (FT). We have been keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world that have a bearing on our health and wellbeing, our lives and livelihoods, during these difficult times. Home Ministry Says Technical IssueFeb 12, 2020, The Biggest Stories Of January 22, 2020Jan 23, 2020, Top Court Refuses To Stay Citizenship Act; Rajnath Singh Says India Is "Secular"Jan 22, 2020, Assam NRC: 'Political' Deep Freeze?Jan 21, 2020, PM Modi-Hasina Meet, Aarey Protests And Other Big Stories. NRC state coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma said: “The officers are busy with Covid-19”.

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The citizens’ register sets out to identify foreign nationals in the state that borders Bangladesh. Some 100 paralegals in Assam have been trained to help defend the citizenship of people whose names will be excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Prateek Hajela, the officer tasked with supervising the gigantic NRC updation exercise in Assam, must be a relaxed man after the final National Register of Citizens was published on Saturday. Published: 30th August 2020 05:24 PM  |   Pushback begins, Decoding BJP’s game plan to win battleground Bihar, ‘Best way to spend birthday’: Justice Chandrachud who heard Arnab bail plea, Tejashwi Yadav is a very good boy, can lead after he grows older: Uma Bharti, The age factor behind Grand Alliance setback, Congress part of pro-Art 370 alliance in J&K? Alleged large-scale illegal immigration from East Pakistan (1947-1971) and Bangladesh since 1971 led to the anti-foreigners’ agitation in 1979 and the signing of the Assam Accord that sought the updating of the 1951 register. Delhi, Mumbai, The data of the final citizens' list in Assam, published last August, has vanished from the website of the state National Register of Citizens (NRC) where the data was published as mandated by the Supreme Court.

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The timing of the move by the National Registry of Citizens (NRC) authorities in Assam to delete thousands of names from the list published last year is being viewed with suspicion by many.
The government will provide help [in filing appeals], and if there is any issue, they can get in touch through the district administration,” he said in a statement. “After the elections, a new exercise will be initiated if the Supreme Court of India permits. India News | Written By Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited By Harish Pullanor | Friday October 16, 2020 . One More Thing: With the M1, Tim Cook just did a Steve Jobs! The National Register of Citizens, which validates the Indian citizens of Assam, has been updated on the basis of Assam Accord’s clause of detecting, deleting and deporting foreigners but very few suspected illegal immigrants have been left out, he tells the media in Guwahati.

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The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) said it is not happy with the exclusion figure in the final NRC and will appeal against it in the Supreme Court. We expect people to cooperate and show restraint similar to the period after the publication of the first two drafts of the NRC (in December 2017 and July 2018),” Director-General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said at the police headquarters in Guwahati on Friday. Till now all Muslims in Assam were wrongly referred to as Bangladeshis.