Assam publishes part of NRC draft with 1.9 crore names; mixed reactions in state
GUWAHATI: The Assam government has published part of the draft of the much-awaited National Register of Citizens (NRC) which includes names of 1.9 crore people of total 3.29 crore applicants in the state, an official said.
The publication evoked a mixed response across the state while there are reports that one person in the state’s Silchar allegedly committed suicide after not finding his name.
Making the announcement at a press conference here close to midnight on Sunday, Registrar General of India, Sailesh said the names of the rest of the people are at various stages of verification.
The status of inclusion of names can be checked in the websites — www.nrcassam.nic.in, www.assam. gov.in, www.assam.mygov.in and www.homeandpolitical.assam.gov.in, the Office of the State Coordinator of National Registration (NRC) posted on its official Twitter page.
Sailesh said the complete NRC will be published within 2018, adding that Sunday’s publication is only the part draft and that there is no need to worry if anyone’s name has not been included in it.
“It only means that his or her name is at some stage of verification,” he said.
The NRC authorities had received applications submitted by 3.29 crore people, accompanied by six crore documents, of the state for inclusion of their names in the NRC, the process of updating which began in 2013 and was carried out under the Supreme Court’s instruction.
In Cachar, police said that Hanif Khan’s body was found hanging in the backyard of his house. “Locals said that the person got afraid after his name was not found in the NRC and took the extreme step. However, we are trying to ascertain if there is some other reasons behind his decision,” said a police officer.
While the historic move has elated most of the citizens of the state, yet many people found it disheartening not to find their names in the part draft NRC.