In the second list declared on the 30th of July 2018, out of 3.29 crore, only 2.89 crore were confirmed as "Indian Citizens" and approximately 40 lakh names were kept on hold. To dispose the 200,000 Bengali 'illegal immigrant' cases it took thirty years. Now we don’t know how many decades it will take to decide the cases of the 40 Lakhs “D” listed people. It is obvious from the way it has been handled that such a complex exercise has been undertaken to simply strip the Bengali voters of their Indian citizenship.

It is to be noted that most of the Bengali speaking population targeted in this exercise are Muslims and Hindus. Though the State Coordinator of NRC and the Chief Secretary, Home, Mr. Prateek Hajela has claimed before the Supreme Court that 60,000 employees are doing their duties to finalize the NRC list and that there is no chance of bureaucratic anomalies.

However, it has been observed that this claim is far from ground realities. The poor Bengalis have no financial means to fight out the cases in the Foreign Tribunal for being delisted from Indian nationality. The Supreme Court stated on 2nd July, 2018 that the final list of 'D' Voters will be kept pending. Numerous instances of disparities exist where either a mother, father, son, daughter, sister or a brother have been declared doubtful citizens, thus separating them from their families.

Thousands of government employees, teachers, lecturers, police jawans, officers and advocates are being deleted from the Voter list. Foreign Tribunals and Border Security Police are issuing notices without verifying the lineage of the person and his family. There are about 5 lakh Bengalis already affected by these kangaroo courts.

Most of the Bengali families have a monthly income below Rs.2600/- They have no assets except make-shift bamboo huts and the only clothes on their bodies. The moment the Foreign Tribunal rejects the appeal of people declared 'D'-Voters, the police arrests the victims and shifts them to the detention centres. Their names are deleted with immediate effect from the ownership of movable and immovable properties. Ration cards are cancelled and their children are debarred from schools and educational institutions.

The second draft list of the NRC has taken away citizenship of 1.8 crore people and 40 lakh names have been kept on hold. Politicians have bitterly criticized the way NRC has been functioning. Heated debates and arguments took place in the Parliament.

National Register of Citizens of India

DescriptionThe National Register of Citizens is a register maintained by the Government of India containing names & certain relevant information for identification of all genuine Indian citizens. The register was first prepared after the 1951 Census of India and since then it has not been updated till recently.

Wikipedia So-called myth of illegal immigrants busted, says Asaduddin Owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi of the AIMIM said that the BJP should stop asking for NRC throughout the country in terms of Hindus & Muslims. They should learn from what has happened in Assam. "BJP should learn a lesson. They should stop asking for NRC throughout the country in terms of Hindus & Muslims. They should learn from what has happened in Assam. The so-called myth of illegal migrants has been busted," he said.

Thin line between nationalism and xenophobia, Shashi Tharoor quotes Tagore on NRC

Reacting to the final NRC list, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said, "There is a thin line between nationalism and xenophobia —besides, hatred of the foreigner could later turn into a hatred of Indians different from oneself." -- Rabindranath Tagore. The prescience of a great man!"

Veteran who fought in Kargil, current and ex-MLAS among 19 lakh missing from NRC

Ananta Kumar Malo, the AIUDF MLA from South Abhayapuri, and his son’s name were not in the final list of NRC published today. Another person to be missing on the list of citizens was retired army officer Mohammad Sanaullah, who has been declared a foreigner in the previous draft. He said he was not surprised to not find his name on the NRC list. He said, "I was not expecting my name to be in the list as my case is still pending in the High Court, I have full faith in the judiciary and I'm confident that I will get justice. "

Ex-CM Tarun Gogoi not happy with NRC

Tarun Gogoi, former chief minister of Assam, said that he was not happy with the way National Register of Citizens final list has been published. He said that many Indians had been excluded and a large number of foreigners were included. "This will lead to much more problem now." he said."The Home Ministry has miserably failed to prepare the NRC. Now they are trying to hoodwink the people," he added. He also said that the final list was a failure of the state government.

SC should allow re-verification for 'correct and fair NRC': Himanta Biswa Sarma

Alleging that the names of refugees from Bangladesh who migrated before 1971 have not been included in the NRC, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, urged the Supreme Court to allow re-verification for "a correct and fair NRC."

EC yet to decide on voting rights for those excluded from the NRC

The Election Commission is yet to decide on voting rights for those who have been excluded from the final NRC list but whose names figure in the voters' list, reported the Times of India. Under the rules, the EC can issue a notice asking why their names should not be struck off the electoral rolls. However, officials said that no decision has been taken yet and the EC would wait and watch as to how they are dealt with in regards to access to government services and benefits.

Surprised at gap between initial estimate of illegal immigrants and actual names excluded: AASU

"In the last 40 years, six years of Assam Agitation and 34 years after that Assam has been demanding identification and expulsion of illegal migrants. It was decided that all people who were not in India before 24 March 1971 will be identified and expelled. We were hopeful of a positive result because it was done under the supervision of the Supreme Court. It is surprising that the final number of exclusion is so less than it was originally estimated," said AASU chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya addressing the media in Guwahati.

State govt lost opportunity to hand indigenes a foreigner-free NRC, says AASU

"Since the Central and state governments failed to update the NRC for the last six decades since 1951 such mistakes have crept into the latest documents. Had it been done every 10 years it would not have been so. The political parties have failed to fulfil their responsibility. We demanded that reverification be done using government agencies but it was not done. However, we have faith in the Supreme Court and we will approach it. Only due to the apex court things at least this took a shape. The Assam government failed to avail the opportunity to hand the people of the state a foreigner-free NRC. In fact in the last one year only 75 people were referred to the Foreigners' Tribunal," said AASU general secretary Lurin Jyoti Gogoi.

Hindu, Muslim organisations raise credibility concerns

In a surprising turn of events, Hindu and Muslim groups find themselves on the same page ahead of the publication of the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Saturday. Both groups have expressed serious concern that many might find themselves excluded from the final list and have thus threatened to agitate. Significantly, ethnic groups in Assam, which have been demanding the NRC update, have kept a safe distance from such concerns.

Exclusion figure also includes those who didn’t file 'claims' after the final draft'

The final number of people excluded from NRC may be subject to revision as it also includes those who didn’t file “claims” after the final draft. This number stands to be around 3.8 lakh. If any of these people, now decide to challange their exclusion in a court of law, the total number of people may change.

"Any person who is not satisfied with the outcome of the claims and objections can file an appeal before the Foreigners Tribunals,” says state coordinator Prateek Hajela in his press statement.

Total Population of AssamL: 3.5 Crore
Total Population in NRC 2.9 Cr

Phse 1:   Excluded 40 Lakhs

NRC Re Application

Phase 2:    37 Lakhs – 3Lakhs not filed absconding
3 Lakhs not filed Absconding

37,00,000

Excluded Deleted:    19,06,059

Included:    17,,93,941

Total 2.90 Cr + .17 = 3.2083 Cr

17,.93

Total included as on 3,2083 Cr 5.94%

Total 1600 Cr+60,000 Employees

* Only they could find out 3% Muslims without documents under pressure

* others are covered by CAB

Over 19 lakh under threat of being held in detention camps

Those who have been rejected by the tribunals and have exhausted all other legal avenues can be declared foreigners and -- in theory -- be placed in one of six detention centres with a view to possible deportation, although Bangladesh is yet to signal its cooperation.

Ten new such camps have been announced. One with space for 3,000 is being constructed in Goalpara, west of Assam's capital Guwuhati. The camps currently hold 1,135 people, according to the state government, and have been operating for years.

'Lost all hope from present NRC exercise', says BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma

The number of errors has also turned some in the BJP in Assam against the process, with Himanta Biswa Sarma, a BJP minister in the state, saying it had left off "so many genuine Indians". "We have lost hope in the present form of the NRC," Sarma told reporters, saying that the party was already mulling a "fresh strategy on how we can drive out the illegal migrants". Exclusion figure also includes those who didn’t file 'claims' after the final draft'

The final number of people excluded from NRC may be subject to revision as it also includes those who didn’t file “claims” after the final draft. This number stands to be around 3.8 lakh. If any of these people, now decide to challange their exclusion in a court of law, the total number of people may change.

"Any person who is not satisfied with the outcome of the claims and objections can file an appeal before the Foreigners Tribunals,” says state coordinator Prateek Hajela in his press statement.

BJP Delhi Chief Manoj Tiwari: National Register of Citizens (NRC) is needed in Delhi as situation is becoming dangerous. Illegal immigrants who have settled here are the most dangerous, we will implement NRC here as well.

Original petitioner for updation of citizens' log furious over meagre numbers excluded, says whole exercise was wasted

Furious after seeing only 19,06,657 people out of the NRC, Abhijeet Sharma of Assam Public Works — on the basis of whose petition, the Supreme Court ordered the NRC to be updated — said, "Where is the figure of 80 lakh foreigners? We had always warned that NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela should not be trusted. There were some people who did not allow either Centre or the state governments to be part of the process. Despite repeated appeals of re-verification, it was not done. Wipro which was responsible for the software part has done a shoddy job. If you ask a person whose origin is already of suspicion, living in those places where a lot of illegal migrants are living like in the char areas, he or she will obviously include as many names as possible. This is a waste of Rs 1600 Crores. We gave the prime 10 years of our lives for nothing," Sharma said.

"NRC has deceived the people of Assam," Sharma said.

AMCR: In our country in Assam we have a very highly complicated issue of the Illegal Bengali Immigrants. As their numbers have reached a staggering figure of 4 million who have been omitted through ‘NRC’ last time there was a chance for appealing again at that time Salamah came forward and conducted two big conventions and a round table conference in the city of Kolkota with the cooperation of the local organizations and during this time through a resolution of Salamah Assam Movement for Citizenship Rights AMCR was established and countless no of religious organizations and institutions extended their support but due to lack of interest shown by them in sharing the responsibility Salamah had to shoulder the responsibility all alone, Alhamdolillah.