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It is one year since the NRC was published in Assam.
Nearly two million people were left quasi-stateless.
What happened to them?
@psychia90 has a series of reports.
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Nearly two million people were left quasi-stateless.
What happened to them?
@psychia90 has a series of reports.
#Thread
One year later, those left out of the Assam NRC are yet to receive their rejection orders, needed to appeal against their exclusion in foreigners tribunals. https://scroll.in/article/970901/a-year-after-assams-nrc-released-citizenship-of-two-million-people-remains-under-a-cloud
Life as an 'NRC reject' comes with social humiliations, legal deprivations.
Can't buy land or take up government jobs.
Weddings have been cancelled, membership to groups nearly revoked. https://scroll.in/article/971038/residents-of-this-bengali-speaking-hindu-village-in-assam-live-the-anxious-life-of-nrc-rejects
Can't buy land or take up government jobs.
Weddings have been cancelled, membership to groups nearly revoked. https://scroll.in/article/971038/residents-of-this-bengali-speaking-hindu-village-in-assam-live-the-anxious-life-of-nrc-rejects
As @psychia90 reported earlier, NRC rejects are struggling to get passports.
“If a person is not included in the NRC, it is assumed that he is not an Indian citizen." https://scroll.in/article/953552/assam-nrc-rejects-struggle-to-get-passports-and-jobs-even-as-rejection-slips-are-yet-to-arrive
“If a person is not included in the NRC, it is assumed that he is not an Indian citizen." https://scroll.in/article/953552/assam-nrc-rejects-struggle-to-get-passports-and-jobs-even-as-rejection-slips-are-yet-to-arrive
Even inclusion in the NRC does not guarantee peace.
Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam thought NRC would be their shot at dignity. They were wrong.
“Nothing has changed, nothing at all." https://scroll.in/article/971245/bengali-speaking-muslims-in-assam-thought-nrc-would-be-their-shot-at-dignity-they-were-wrong
Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam thought NRC would be their shot at dignity. They were wrong.
“Nothing has changed, nothing at all." https://scroll.in/article/971245/bengali-speaking-muslims-in-assam-thought-nrc-would-be-their-shot-at-dignity-they-were-wrong
