Coordinator Hajela Must Give Account of Rs 1600 Cr Spent on NRC Before Leaving Assam: BJP President Ranjeet Dass

Guwahati, October 18, 2019:

Assam BJP President Ranjeet Kr. Dass has criticized the Supreme Court's decision to transfer NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela out of the State. The state BJP President has opined that although the party has respected the Supreme Court's decisions, the party is not on board with the Court's decision to transfer Hajela to Madhya Pradesh.

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Dass has said that since Hajela has played with the sentiments of the Assamese people with a faulty NRC, and demanded the State Government and the Central Government to raise the issue with the apex Court.

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The BJP President stated that since Rs. 1,600 has been spent on the NRC, as per reports, Hajela has not accounted for where the money has been spent, adding that Hajela should not be transferred until and unless he accounts for each and every penny that was spent during the process.

It may be mentioned here that the decision to transfer the NRC coordinator was met with hue-and-cry by the people of the state.

The Assam Public Works (APW), ruing the NRC coordinator's transfer, stated that at a time when many indigenous Assamese have been deprived of their citizenship rights and many Bangladeshis have been included in the NRC, the decision to transfer Hajela, who turned the NRC into a circus, is highly deplorable. Aabhijeet Sharma, the President of the body, stated “This decision is a certificate to absolve Hajela of his crimes. Although we want him to leave the NRC, we want him answer for his corrupt practices first.”

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