The All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) has urged the authorities updating the National Register of Citizens in the State to reject dubious objections against people whose names appear in the complete draft of the citizen register published in June 2018. Hearing for the claims and objections round of the Supreme Court-monitored NRC began on May 6. But, it has come to the knowledge that a large number of objections were filed in cyclostyled/forged manner in total violation of law,” the AAMSU memorandum said. The union said NRC officials handling the objections should have rejected them at the threshold without issuing any notice since the “forged” and “incomplete” objections violate existing norms that warrant registering the names, contact number, address and other particulars of an objector. “The officials are not disclosing the particulars of the objectors” thereby denying the victim the right to information, the AAMSU said.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2019 17:17 UTC