Tag: Assam citizenship

Assam divided over citizenship bill: Governor Mukhi

Amid the continuing row in Assam over the citizenship amendment bill, Governor Jagdish Mukhi today said the state is completely divided over the issue and the government is seized of the matter. He also tried to allay apprehensions on the National Register of Citizens (NRC), which is being updated in Assam, saying commendable work is …

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June 5, 2018

Unheard measures in Assam

The ongoing updation of Assam’s National Register of Citizens followed the directives of a two-member bench of the Supreme Court but the methods applied by the authorities for verification are quite novel and unheard of. Does anyone in the rest of the country know about “legacy data” and “family tree”? Indeed this Assam-specific provisions in …

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March 25, 2018