Drawing a vital line | The Indian Express

Drawing a vital line | The Indian Express

Written by Upamanyu Hazarika |Updated: September 7, 2019 11:48:02 am

Hazarika is Senior Advocate and Commissioner appointed by the Supreme Court on the Indo-Bangla border

Drawing a vital line

Only way of protecting Assam’s indigenous population is through a legal regime reserving land, resources

The NRC, from all indications, will exclude less than 20 per cent of all the foreigners staying in Assam.

The National Register of Citizens in the national debate and discussion has been seen only through the prism of the foreigners who have been excluded from the list. The “human rights” of those excluded has been the primary cause for concern. What has been forgotten and overlooked is that there is virtually no discussion on why the NRC was necessitated, and for whom.