Congress party claims many NRC Objections filed in "violation of law"

Guwahati, May 10, 2019:

The Assam Congress Legislature Party (ACLP) on Friday submitted a memorandum to the State NRC co-ordinator Prateek Hajela regarding the alleged discrepancies in the process of disposal of claims and objections.

The party raised a demand to fix the venue of hearing within the local area of the claimants and the persons facing objections. Further, they appealed the NRC committee to reject objections that lack detailed particulars of the objectors, demanded furnished details about the objectors in the notices and the rejection the objections where the objectors do not appear during hearing.

The Congress has also appealed Hajela to ensure that at the time of hearing of the claims, steps should be taken to ensure that no inconvenience is caused to the persons required to attend the hearing and to see that they are not required to travel long distances.

The Congress has also appealed to issue protocol for settlement of Objection Forms received at DC offices on 31.12.2018 as the party mentioned in its memorandum that it was reported in the print as well as electronic media that around 1,300 Objections were filed up to December 30 but the number rose up to more than 2.5 lakh on the last date.

The Congress has also claimed that a large number of Objections have been filed in a cyclostyled manner, in total violation of the law.

"Such objections have been evidently filed only with a view to harass genuine Indian citizens and derail the entire process. It may be mentioned that the objectors are neither attending the hearings nor disclosing their identities", read the communique.