The list verifies 2.89 crore people, out of the 3.29 crore who had applied, as legal citizens of India.
The Assam government published the final draft of the National Register of Citizens on Monday. Around 40 lakh people did not find mention in the list out of 3.29 crore applicants.
The stated aim of the counting exercise is to separate genuine Indian citizens from so-called illegal migrants. According to the terms of the exercise, anyone who could not prove that they or their ancestors had entered the state before midnight on March 24, 1971, would be declared a foreigner. Launched in 2015, it involved processing the applications of 3.29 crore people who hoped to be included in the register. Over the course of three years, the exercise has been through several controversies, including allegations of bias against certain communities and arbitrary rules being introduced last minute.
The Centre had deployed nearly 200 companies of central paramilitary forces in Assam ahead of the draft’s publication to maintain law and order, according to The Times of India. Authorities also enforced prohibitory orders in seven districts on Sunday night. Several neighbouring states stepped up security at inter-state borders with Assam, fearing an exodus of people who failed to find their names in the updated list.
source: Scroll.in
