Tarun Gogoi Blames BJP Party's Negligence for 'NRC Debacle'

Guwahati, September 3, 2019:

Three-time former Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi, on Tuesday, lashed out against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other concerned parties, alleging that many 'genuine' citizens have been omitted from the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Addressing the press here today, Gogoi expressed his concern after the publication of the final draft of the NRC which left out over nineteen lakh people.

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Assamese people, Bengali people, gorkhas, all have suffered after the publication of the NRC, Gogoi said.

After the publication of the NRC, we have seen the state being engulfed by protests. People from all communities, including tribals, have expressed their sorrow.

Gogoi said that the grief over the NRC proves the negligence of the Central as well as State Governments.

"Confusion and uncertain prevails among many genuine citizens of Assam", he said. "They will now have to go to the foreigners' tribunals, but why should they?", he asked.

Gogoi also asked if the people who are responsible for the chaos and confusion, will be subjected to punishments? He further questioned why Amit Shah is quiet now, as he had earlier announced that all the foreigners would be deported.

"How can this be scientific, how can science make such blatant mistakes?", Tarun Gogoi queried.

Taking digs at the Assam BJP unit for condemning the NRC, he asked how the BJP can claim that many indigenous people have been left out, whereas Amit Shah himself had claimed that the 40 lakh people named in the first draft were foreigners.

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