Granddaughter of 1st Congress president of Assam struggles to prove citizenship

Guwahati | Sunday | 17th March, 2019

Summary:

In the first list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), my son and daughter were not included because of my 'D' voter tag. "When you don't know why you are being tagged as a 'D' voter, the mental torture increases. In the remaining six seats, the number of Gorkha voters ranges from 60,000 to two lakh. The mother of two is the granddaughter of Chabilal Upadhyay, who was a freedom fighter and Assam 's first Congress president in 1921. ""An estimated 20,000 Gorkhas are still carrying the 'D' voter tag..