Though 19 lakh exclusion from final list of Assam's NRC list is a major decrease from 40 lakh excluded in second draft published on July 2018, JDU Vice President Prashant Kishor has called it 'a botched up NRC'. National Registry of Citizens (NRC) final list was out on Saturday in which  3,11,21,004 Assam residents were included and 19,06,657 Assam residents did t find ir name. exclusion included  number of people who did t submit ir papers to NRC authorities. ditionally  state coordinator also stated that those t satisfied with outcome can file an appeal before Foreigners Tribunals.

Taking to Twitter on Sunday,  JDU Vice President Kishor said that due to 'political posturing' and 'rhetoric', people of Assam are paying price of such NRC list. He said that it is because of rhetoric that NRC is posed as a solution for issues of related to National Security. He said that inste of focussing on strategic and systematic challenges, govt is posing NRC as answer to national security problems. He attacked government for making people foreigner in ir own country. 

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JDU spokesperson also opposed exclusion of 19 lakh people. Pavan Verma, JD(U) General Secretary and National pokesperson told,  " travesty of justice of great magnitude is happening in Assam over NRC. Without questioning motivation of exercise, manner in which it was done has led to a great deal of injustice, confusion and neglect of human rights. Over 19 lakh have been excluded. What are you going to do with m? Will you put m in detention centre?" Verma asked.

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What is NRC?

NRC was first prepared in 1951 under purview of Census Act, 1948.  An updation process was started in 2013 and ended with receipt of forms by NRC authorities on 31 August 2015. process aimed at separating genuine Indian citizens from undocumented immigrants living in Assam. As per NRC terms, a resident has to prove that y or ir ancestors entered Assam before midnight on March 24, 1971. Anyone failing to do so will be declared a foreigner.

According to NRC press release, 3,30,27,661 Assam residents have h to prove ir Indian citizenship. Previously in December 2017, first draft was published in which 140 lakh people were included. Furr, in July 2018, second draft was published where more than 40 lakh people were excluded. Apart from se drafts, an ditional exclusion list was published on June 26, 2019, where names of 1,02,463 people were published. se persons were earlier included in draft.

Assam NRC Final list here: 3.11 crore included, 19.06 lakh excluded