The Assam government has ruled out detention of people who do not figure in the list "in any circumstances", until the tribunals declare them foreigners
Children born in India should be citizens
The APW, as the primary petitioner, had submitted five memoranda in the Supreme Court requesting re-verification of the draft NRC but they were rejected
In a series of Tweets, the senior leader of the ruling BJP also alleged that the legacy data were manipulated for including names of doubtful persons as alleged by many
The decisions were taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and others
Assam, which faced influx of people from Bangladesh since the early 20th century, is the only state having an NRC, first prepared in 1951
Endgame in Assam's citizen-identification exercise unclear
Dispelling apprehensions over security, Sonowal said no untoward situation is expected to arise