Team Herald
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday asserted its full commitment to Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) to oust the foreigners from the state under the 1985 accord of then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by identifying the illegal immigrants, accusing the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party using it to divide the society to divert the people’s attention from the Modi government’s colossal failure on all fronts.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) discussed the controversy raging over NRC at its meeting here and resolved that the Congress should help the Indian citizens left out in the final draft to prove their identity as Indians as many among 40 lakh left out were the indigenous Assamese. Hindu Bengalis and the residents from various Indian states. It said all those left out must get opportunity to prove their identity as the Indians.
