More than30 percent of NRC 1951 data have been lost or damaged in eight major districtsof Assam. Also, more than 50% NRC data were lost or damaged in three districtsof Assam.
It'sraising a major question whether 1951 documents could effectively be used forfuture NRC updation, foreigner's detection as well as much anticipated ClauseVI protection.
InAugust 16, 2012, on behalf the then Home minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi, AssamMinister Rakibul Hussain while replying to a question of AIUDF MLA Abdur RahimKhan informed that out of 27 districts Lakhimpur (63.5%), Nalbari (55.04%),Sonitpur (53.60%) were three districts where more than 50% NRC data were lostor damaged. In Barpeta (35.93%), Udalguri (35.42%), Jorhat (31.13%), Bongaigaon(30.02%) and Tinsukia (30%) more than 30% NRC data of 1951 were lost ordamaged.
Thisexplosive information was dug out from the archives of the Assam AssemblyQuestion where for a change Assam Government gave a detailed district wisereply. The answer gave names of districts where NRC 1951 was lost or damagedmore than 30%. The detailed answer was buried for years as everyone builtcastle around a list which actually partially exist.
In the previous story, we exclusively reported that six major districts Sivasagar, Cachar, Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong, Baksa and Chirang where NRC 1951 data were completely lost or damaged.
Thisinformation was intentionally kept aside by successive government. The NRCauthorities realizing the problem allowed all other electoral rolls up to 1971to be used as legacy data while applying for the NRC inclusion.
