Government working on legal status of people facing NRC exclusion

Guwahati | Saturday | 14th July, 2018

Summary:

These people will have the opportunity to file objections before the final NRC is published after four months. "It is these tribunals which, based on NRC data, will decide if a person is a citizen or a foreigner. Problems will arise if these people apply for a job, a passport or even a driving license during this period. But, what will be their citizenship status for this period of four months? The exercise of updating the NRC, that started a couple of years ago, will be the first attempt of its kind to identify the exact number of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh..