No genuine Indian citizen will be victimised in NRC exercise: Ram Madhav

Observing that no country tolerates illegal immigrants, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Friday defended the NRC exercise in Assam and said no genuine Indian citizen will be victimised.

There is no controversy in Assam over the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the state is going through the process peacefully, he said.

"The process is being monitored on a daily basis by the Supreme Court", the BJP leader added.

"The process is on. No single genuine Indian voter will be victimised. Nothing will be done against the law of the land. We are following the constitutional process. There are several bridges to cross," said Madhav, who is also the BJP's in-charge of the Northeast.

Speaking at the 'India Today Conclave East 2018' here, he said the people who were left out of the final NRC list have two months to submit necessary documents to get their names enlisted and they will be studied.

"They (people left out) will have access to the Foreigners' Tribunal. After that, they can even go to the high court...Genuine citizens will come back," he said.

Asked about the concerns of the BJP's allies over the way the NRC exercise has been undertaken, Madhav said, "We will take care of our allies. We will take everybody along in this exercise."
Hitting out at the Opposition, the BJP leader said, "Hearts of some people are bleeding for the infiltrators. They are not thinking of the people of Assam whose jobs, land and livelihood are at stake."
Asked whether the NRC exercise will take place in West Bengal, as was hinted by the BJP's co-observer of the state Kailash Vijayvargiya, he said, "The NRC, as on date, is limited to Assam. Let us complete the process."
Asked about deporting Rohingya Muslims, the BJP leader said, "We don't see religion in everything. There are Hindu Rohingyas as well. We will deport the Rohingyas."