AMID CONCERNS, BHAGWAT GIVE ASSURANCE ON NRC

KOLKATA: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday sought to allay concerns over exclusion of people from the NRC in Assam, and said that not a single Hindu will have to leave the country, RSS functionary wo attended a meeting of the outfit said on condition of anonymity. Bhagwat is understood to have made the comment during a closed-door coordination meeting here of the RSS and its affiliate organisations. “Mohan Bhagwatji has clearly said that not a single Hindu will have to leave this country. He said that Hindus, who came to India after being tortured and persecuted in other nations, will stay,” an RSS functionary said after the coordination meet. The updated final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was released on August 31, excluding names of over 1.9 million applicants.