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<\/a><\/p>\nThe anger was palpable with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the ruling BJP of trying to identify and isolate people who don\u2019t vote for the party. \u201cThey are turning Indian people into refugees in their own country,\u201d Banerjee said at a press meet she called at short notice in Kolkata before leaving for Delhi, where she will meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018Many people have been identified as foreigners and they are to be sent back. There are many children and women among them\u2026 So many Bengalis, Biharis, Hindus, Muslims\u2026 they are very much Indians,\u201d said Banerjee, adding that she was \u201cworried about the torment\u201d of those left out. \u201cIt is a game plan to evict human beings forcibly and isolate them. We do not believe in divide and rule policy,\u201d she told reporters at the state secretariat Nabanna.<\/p>\n
Predictably, there was pandemonium in both the Houses of Parliament, even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh said \u201cthere was no need to panic.\u201d Singh told the Lok Sabha that the government is not to be blamed as it has no role in the matter; everything has been done under the Supreme Court\u2019s supervision. \u201cDon\u2019t level baseless allegations against the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
When the Opposition rejected his contention with protests, he retorted, \u201cBetter if you decide what the Government\u2019s role in this was.\u201d Rajnath Singh also said the NRC\u2019s recording of 2.89 crore as Indian citizens was still not final as those left out can make claims and raise objections after August 28. They will get two-three months and then disposal of their representations will take further time.<\/p>\n
The disposals will be carried out by a high-level body and the Supreme Court will decide the date for the final publication of NRC, Singh said, noting that those deprived of citizenship would still have the opportunity to move the Foreign Nationals Tribunal.<\/p>\n
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day after three adjournments. Singh had rushed to the House in the afternoon to respond to the Opposition, but he could not speak because of the ruckus. The Opposition walked out in the Lok Sabha with the government trying to wash its hands of the torment of those becoming \u201cnon-citizens.\u201d Congress spokesman Anand Sharma announced that the party was convening a meeting of all opposition parties to take a stand on the issue which has the potential of igniting communal riots not only in Assam but also in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n
Trinamool leader Derek O\u2019Brien pressed for discussion on a notice by him on the NRC. He told the Chair: \u201cIt is not a political issue sir, but a question of human rights, a humanitarian issue, a national issue and we need to look after Indian citizens.\u201d The Chairman was unmoved and said he would give the opportunity on Tuesday morning at the beginning of the session. However, O\u2019Brien did not relent and the House had to be adjourned for the day.<\/p>\n
Manmohan Singh initiated it\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n In a Facebook post, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said: \u201cThe National Register of Citizens was initiated by the UPA under Manmohan Singh to fulfil the commitment made in the Assam Accord of 1985. However, the manner in which this exercise has been undertaken by the BJP Governments at the centre and in Assam leaves much to be desired.\u201d<\/p>\n Assam in numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n 32 million Assam\u2019s population, a third of it is Muslims. The state has the second-highest percentage of Muslims of any Indian state.<\/p>\n 8 million Assam\u2019s population when NRC was first prepared in 1951.<\/p>\n 32.9 million Applicants. 19 million got Indian citizenship when the first part of the draft came out on the intervening night of December 31 and January 1.<\/p>\n 5 million Bangladeshis in Assam, said Deputy Home Minister in the UPA government, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, in Parliament, in 2004. He later withdrew his statement.<\/p>\n 20 million Bangladeshi immigrants staying illegally in India, said NDA government in Parliament in 2016.<\/p>\n 2 million Muslims are estimated in Assam who trace their roots to Bangladesh.<\/p>\n Click Here For Free Online Test Series:- Online Exam for IAS, UPSC<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Get Free Study Material only at Knowledgekart.in<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n40 lakh declared ‘illegal citizens’ of India<\/h1>\n
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