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Objections over missing names will be taken up in NRC final draft from August 30, says Supreme Court

The petitioners - the All Assam Students' Union, All Assam Minorities Union and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind - told the court that several people had their names missing for trivial issues.

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A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi directed the state quadrant to give the list of people who are out of the NRC draft list. Claims and objections will be taken for the final NRC draft from August 30.

The petitioners - the All Assam Students' Union, All Assam Minorities Union and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind - told the court that several people had their names missing for trivial issues.

Earlier today, DNA had reported that the Assam chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) will train 250 volunteers with legal and IT expertise in order to assist people of Assam who had been left out of the National Register of Citizens.

“There are about 3.5 lakh people from south Assam who have been left out from the NRC and in the first phase we intend to help at least one lakh people getting their documents straight for reapplication,” said Noorul Islam, zonal president (south Assam), JIH.

There had been cases where people have been excluded from the list for simple mistakes in their documents – clerical and otherwise. Many have also been victims of circumstances as their birth certificates had been detected to be fake ones. “The person is there physically which proves he had been born and that someone handed the family fake certificates against some money. Now they need to be told how to make a new, original birth certificate,” Islam added. He also said that there was a format of application which these people need to be taught and that many people who had been excluded on the flimsy ground would easily be included in the list. The services will begin on August 20.

Sources also said that there were also some technical experts brought on board because some of the work could be done online which the people needed to be assisted with and some could also be taught the process. “We have about 37 lakh people from north Assam. In all, of the 40 lakh, people excluded there are 15 lakh Muslims. There will be several camps put up at different places and we are aiming at including at least 20 lakh people from this zone. We are also in talks with different human rights organisation which have extended helping hands. In the first phase we will engage 100 volunteers,” said Abdul Basit, zonal president (north Assam), JIH. He said that all eyes were on the Supreme Court ruling on Thursday about the NRC and then the next course of action would be prepared.

 

 

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