Assam Govt will hire lawyers for people missing in NRC: Amit Shah

Nov 20, 2019

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): While speaking during the winter session of Rajya Sabha on November 20, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke on various matters of National Register of Citizens (NRC). He said, “The process of NRC will be carried out across the country. No one, irrespective of religion should be worried and it is just a process to get everyone under the NRC.” “Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Christian, Parsi refugees should get citizenship, that is why Citizenship Amendment Bill is needed so that these refugees who are being discriminated on basis of religion in Pakistan, Bangladesh or Afghanistan, get Indian citizenship,” he added. “People whose name has not figured in the draft list have the right to go to the Tribunal. Tribunals will be constituted across Assam. If any person doesn’t have the money to approach Tribunal, then Assam government is ready to bear the cost to hire a lawyer,” Home Minister further stated.