APW (Assam Public Works) Moves Supreme Court, Seeks 100% Re-Verification

Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI: The APW (Assam Public Works) has moved the Supreme Court of India with two major demands – 100 per cent re-verification of the final NRC and formation of a judicial commission to inquire into circumstances leading to large-scale anomalies in the NRC update exercise – among other demands.

Giving a long list of the indigenous people declared ineligible for inclusion in the NRC, the APW questioned as to how such a large number of indigenous people could be dropped from the citizenship register. “It’s unfortunate that these indigenous people will have to stand in queue before the foreigners tribunals along with the foreigners,” the APW rued.

Talking to The Sentinel, APW chairman Abhijit Sharma stated, “I’ve given a detailed list of the declared foreigners’ names included in the final NRC, lists of fake certificates and fake legacy data showing fake kinship, a list of ‘D’ voters etc., along with the writ petition.”

In the writ petition, Sharma said: “A lot of anomalies have come to light before and after the publication of the final draft list, particularly after the publication of the supplementary inclusion and exclusion list on August 31, 2019.”

On State NRC Coordinator Prateek Hajela’s statement before the apex court that already 27 per cent re-verification had been done, Sharma said, “That’s far from reality. Hajela hasn’t given any information as yet as to where and when he conducted such a re-verification. Had there been re-verification, how come such a large number of doubtful citizens in border areas could make it to the final NRC? On the other hand, sons of the soil like Koch Rajbongshis, Bodos, Rabhas, Karbis, Tiwas and others have been declared ineligible for inclusion in the final NRC.”

The APW says that the NRC update process carried out costing Rs 1,600 crore has numerous anomalies, both administrative and technical ones, and as such a thorough judicial inquiry into the matter is a must.

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