[Marxistindia] Left parties statement on NRC in Assam

[news from the cpi(m)]

September 12, 2019
 
Press Statement
 
The Left parties - Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of
India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, All India
Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party - have issued the following
statement:
 
NRC in Assam: Ensure Justice for All
 
The final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has
excluded 19.06 lakh claimants who had applied to be included in the
register.  Preliminary reports show that a large number of Indian citizens
have been left out.
 
It is necessary, therefore, to ensure that there is a fair process by which
the appeals can be heard and decided.  The procedure set out is for those
who have been excluded to appeal within 120 days to designated Foreigners
Tribunals. The Foreigners Tribunal is not a judicial body and functions more
on an executive basis. As per the present rules, it will consider the merit
of the appeal before deciding to be admitted.  Such screening is
unwarranted.  To ensure a fair process and to safeguard the rights of those
excluded, it is essential to have the appeal go through a judicial process.
The Left parties demand that a judicial mechanism be set-up to hear the
appeals over and above the tribunal.
 
Those declared as foreigners by the tribunals are liable to be sent to
detention camps.  Those detained in detention camps do not have elementary
human rights. Detaining people for an indefinite period in such camps is
illegal and unconstitutional.  The Left parties demand the abolition of the
detention camp system.  
 
The BJP in Assam is demanding re-verification of the NRC list or even a
fresh NRC in the state. This must not be done as it is meant only to advance
the BJP's communal and divisive agenda.  The Left parties appeal to the
people of Assam to maintain communal harmony and to not allow any targeting
of the excluded persons.
 
The BJP government is talking about extending the NRC process in the whole
of India.  This is uncalled for and it is being done only with the aim of
targeting certain sections of people and to create polarization.  The Left
parties are opposed to the NRC process, in any form, being extended to the
rest of India.  
 
                                                Sd/-
 
(Sitaram Yechury)
(D. Raja)
General Secretary, CPI(M)                                   General
Secretary, CPI
 
 
(Dipankar Bhattacharya)
(Debabrata Biswas)
General Secretary, CPI(ML) Liberation                         General
Secretary, AIFB                            
                   
(Kshiti Goswami)
General Secretary, RSP
 
 
 
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