PTI
GUWAHATI: (Jun 12) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the state government’s current policy is to push back foreigners even if their names are found in the National Register of Citizens (NRC).The way the NRC was carried out in Assam leaves a lot of scope for doubt, and it cannot be the only document for determining a person’s citizenship, Sarma said.
The NRC, an official record of bonafide Indian citizens living in Assam, was updated under the supervision of the Supreme Court and released on August 31, 2019, leaving out more than 19 lakh applicants. However, it has not been notified by the Registrar General of India, leaving the controversial document without any official validity.
