Fresh Controversies Erupt Over Citizen Register in Assam
The state in India’s restive northeast continues to struggle to maintain an accurate record of citizens. By January 07, 2021 Advertisement There is no end to controversies over the register of citizens in India’s northeastern state of Assam, which was updated in a unique exercise as a deterrent against the influx of foreign nationals into the disturbed state. An affidavit submitted by the National Register of Citizens coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma to Gauhati High Court said that as many as 277,000 “undeserving” people might have enrolled their names in the National Register of Citize...