GUWAHATI: At a time when 45,000 safety body of workers were deployed across the state to maintain peace when the first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is revealed, the general public in rural spaces appear to not be fearful about their names being ignored from the December 31 list. Ahead of the D-Day, TOI spoke to many Bengali-speaking Muslims in the decrease Assam districts, maximum of whom seemed relaxed.
Shahjahan Ali Ahmed, a 52-year-old farmer from Kamrup rural district, stated, "We are not worried. We have submitted all the necessary documents. Now we are just waiting for the first draft to be published on December 31. We are thankful to the Supreme Court and the governments who have initiated and implemented this process."
The issue surrounding the validity of panchayat certificate as criminal paperwork for inclusion in the NRC has seemed to have calmed worries. Earlier, the Gauhati top court held that panchayat certificate can't be used to end up circle of relatives linkages. Later, however, the Supreme Court became down the HC verdict, making the panchayat certificate valid.
Moinul Haque, a dealer from Chhaygaon, stated, "The SC verdict (on panchayat certificates) came as a great relief to us. The certificates will be useful for women who never attended schools or were not born in hospitals. Many Muslim women are also married off at a young age. But now, I don't think there is any reason to worry. If not in the first round, our names will be featured in the later drafts."
Echoing this sentiment of assurance over the NRC e-newsletter, Kazi Neel, a pupil from Barpeta, stated folks of his locality are waiting for the first draft, however with none fears of being ignored.
According to executive officials, army troops are on stand-by, whilst the counter insurgency grid, involving the military, police, paramilitary and intelligence companies, has been incessantly reviewing the location and is directing all conceivable action to ensure peace after the e-newsletter of the draft NRC.
Shahjahan Ali Ahmed, a 52-year-old farmer from Kamrup rural district, stated, "We are not worried. We have submitted all the necessary documents. Now we are just waiting for the first draft to be published on December 31. We are thankful to the Supreme Court and the governments who have initiated and implemented this process."
The issue surrounding the validity of panchayat certificate as criminal paperwork for inclusion in the NRC has seemed to have calmed worries. Earlier, the Gauhati top court held that panchayat certificate can't be used to end up circle of relatives linkages. Later, however, the Supreme Court became down the HC verdict, making the panchayat certificate valid.
Moinul Haque, a dealer from Chhaygaon, stated, "The SC verdict (on panchayat certificates) came as a great relief to us. The certificates will be useful for women who never attended schools or were not born in hospitals. Many Muslim women are also married off at a young age. But now, I don't think there is any reason to worry. If not in the first round, our names will be featured in the later drafts."
Echoing this sentiment of assurance over the NRC e-newsletter, Kazi Neel, a pupil from Barpeta, stated folks of his locality are waiting for the first draft, however with none fears of being ignored.
According to executive officials, army troops are on stand-by, whilst the counter insurgency grid, involving the military, police, paramilitary and intelligence companies, has been incessantly reviewing the location and is directing all conceivable action to ensure peace after the e-newsletter of the draft NRC.
Panchayat certificate holders rest assured
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December 30, 2017
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