Assam BJP slams NRC coordinator for his suggestions to SC

The ruling BJP in Assam on Monday reacted sharply to NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela's suggestion to the Supreme Court to strike out five of the listed 15 documents for the claims and objections process of the NRC exercise.

The apex court had on September 5 deferred the commencement of the process of receiving claims and objections till further orders.

A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman had perused the report of Hajela and said it agreed to his suggestions that 10 of a total 15 documents provided in List-A of the claims form could be used by the applicants to prove their legacy. The court also sought the response of the Centre and other stakeholders on the matter.

Addressing a press meet here, sate BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass said Hajela's submission negates the decisions taken under the Assam Accord, 1985. "We would like to ask Prateek Hajela who gave him the authority to make such a submission for curtailing the number of documents required to prove identity during the claims and objections process."