Guwahati, Dec. 16 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today said a second draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) would be published following a Supreme Court order to include in it all genuine citizens of the state.
After the first publication of the draft NRC scheduled on December 31, there will be another publication of the draft containing the names of those who would not figure in the first publication.
“As per hon’ble Supreme Court’s order there will be another draft publication of the NRC and names of all genuine citizens will be included in it, the updation of which is exclusively supervised by the Supreme Court of India,” the Chief Minister said in a statement here.
The NRC of 1951 is now being updated under the supervision of the Supreme Court to identify original residents of the state in order to check illegal migration.
The apex court yesterday ordered that claims of those citizens, whose names do not figure in the draft NRC for Assam to be published by December 31, would be scrutinised and included in the subsequent list, if found genuine.
In view of the latest SC order, the perceived view that the missed out or left behind names of claimants have been deleted from the NRC becomes redundant, Sonowal added.
