[Marxistindia] NRC: No Further Re-Verification

[news from the cpi(m)]

July 18, 2019
 
Press Statement
 
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
 
NRC: No Further Re-Verification
 
The Union Government and the Assam State Government have petitioned the
Supreme Court for a sample re-verification of the names included in the
draft National Register of Citizens in Assam which was published on July 30,
2018. For this, they want the court to extend the deadline for the final
publication of the NRC list from July 31 to a future date.
 
As per the request made, the Central and state governments want a 20 per
cent sample re-verification of the names included in the districts bordering
Bangladesh and a 10 per cent sample re-verification in the other districts.
 
The CPI(M) is opposed to this further round of verification. It will only
lead to more harassment and continuation of the ordeal for lakhs of citizens
who have already spent a large amount of time and resources appearing for
repeated hearings and submission of papers.
 
This sudden demand on the eve of the July 31 deadline appears motivated by
the agenda of the BJP which seeks to identify citizenship on the basis of
religious affiliation.
 
The issues connected with the NRC list are different - will there be a
speedy legal process to render justice to those wrongly excluded? What is
going to happen to the millions who are excluded from the NRC and what will
be their status? And so on. 
 
The Supreme Court which initiated and supervised the NRC process should take
responsibility to respond to these issues. At stake are fundamental issues
regarding Indian citizenship and the basic rights of citizens. 
 
 
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