Under fire for instigating false objections in the NRCprocess, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and 30 other ethnic organizationswill help the indigenous people and the people who came to Assam before 1971and are reportedly facing harassment due to objections filed against theinclusion of their names in the complete draft NRC.
A press statement issued by AASU president Dipanka KumarNath on Tuesday stated that there were reports of irregularities in filingobjections against some people.
The AASU and ABSU have been accused of instigating largescale objections without realizing against whom the complaints have been made.The whole process backfired and have brought bad names for AASU and ABSU.
It said the AASU and 30 ethnic organizations will help thegenuine Indian citizens against whom objections have been filed.
Around two lakh objections were also filed against theinclusion of "ineligible" persons in the complete draft NRC. The complete draftNRC enrolled the names of 2, 89, 83,677 out of 3, 29,91, 384, applicants. Ofaround 40 lakh applicants who were found ineligible to be included in thecomplete draft published last year, nearly 36 lakh have filed claims forinclusion in the final NRC. The NRC authority is currently conducting hearingof the claims and objections before publishing the final updated NRC on July 31this year.
"Both the claims and objections exercises are legal andcurrently being monitored by the Supreme Court. The AASU and ethnicorganizations have helped the people in both the exercises. There are certainirregularities in the objection exercise. But we will extend all possible helpto the genuine Indian citizens facing objections," Nath said.
There are reports that many who had earlier filed objectionsagainst doubtful citizens in the complete draft NRC, are currently not comingforward for the hearing exercise raising question marks on the credibility andthe authenticity of such objections.
There are allegations that certain vested interest groupshave filed objections against genuine Indian citizens to derail the ongoing NRCupdate exercise.
