Union Minister Jayant Sinha today said the draft NRC has brought out the "stark facts" of infiltration in Assam and made a strong case for a similar exercise in the country, including Jharkhand, to identify "infiltration of foreigners".
His remarks came in the backdrop of the exclusion of names of over 40 lakh people in the northeastern state in the final draft of the National Register for Citizens (NRC), published on July 30.
The Union minister of state for civil aviation said, "Along with Assam, it is necessary to identify 'videshi ghuspeth' (infiltration of foreigners) in Jharkhand and the whole country."
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