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Ruckus in RS over Assam NRC NEW DELHI, BJD’s Prasanna Acharya says, no one should read politics on the issue because it is very sensitive. He urges Home Minister Rajnath Singh to provide an assurance that all irregularities in the NRC will be taken care of WITH BJP chief Amit Shah accusing the Congress of not showing courage to identify illegal migrants in Assam, the Opposition on Tuesday asked the Government to tread cautiously and not play politics on the issue of NRC. While the Congress asked the Government to adopt a humanitarian approach and not leave out any Indian from Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC), TMC demanded its complete withdrawal claiming that Indians were left out of it. As the Rajya Sabha debated the NRC issue after Congress and TMC members created an uproar, Shah countered them by asking whether the Congress wanted to save the “illegal Bangladeshis.” Participating in a discussion which was taken up by doing away with the Question Hour, Shah said the NRC was an exercise which was to be conducted as part of the Assam Accord signed by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on August 14, 1985, after the movement in the State went out of control leading to death of some protesters. Noting that the NRC was the spirit of the accord which sought to identify illegal migrants and prepare a list of Indian citizens, he said the exercise was now being conducted under the supervision of the Supreme Court. “NRC is being conducted on the SC order. There are 40 lakh people (missing in the list) ... Whom do you want to save? You want to save illegal Bangladeshis,” he posed. He said, “this was the Congress PM’s initiative. He (Rajiv Gandhi) did not have the courage. We have courage and we are doing it.” Shah’s remarks provoked noisy protests by the Opposition members led by those from the Congress and the TMC. The House was first adjourned by Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu for about 10 minutes during the debate and then for the day. Home Minister Rajnath Singh was present in the House but could not reply due to the noisy protests. Earlier, Naidu, while allowing the Question Hour to be dispensed with on Tuesday, termed NRC as a “serious and sensitive” matter. Initiating the debate, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said it was a humanitarian issue and not a matter of any particular caste, religion or region. “We don’t want any person to be driven out of the country. This is not only about 40 lakh people, if you consider their children, families, it comes to 1-1.5 crore people,” Azad said, adding the issue may have international ramifications, especially on India’s close friend Bangladesh. He observed that the onus of proving identity as a citizen of India should lie upon not just an individual but the Government as well. Azad said the Government should make legal provisions for the affected persons and there should be no harassment. The Leader of Opposition further said even if one document is there out of the 16 documents required to prove identity, it should suffice, adding that no political party should make it a political or vote issue. Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party claimed that the persons not included in the NRC include those of Hindus as well as Muslims, and even those from States like Bihar and UP. He said there is a need to exercise a lot of caution on the issue as if the name of an Indian citizen in Assam is not included in the NRC, where will the person go. Sukhendu Sekhar Roy (TMC) said his party chief Mamata Banerjee has said it should be withdrawn and the legal citizens of India should not be thrown out. He said that 40 lakh people have been rendered “nationless which is unique in the history of the world.” He claimed that Indian citizens as well as Governnent officials have been left out of the draft NRC list. Oppn sees vote bank in NRC, for BJP it’s national security: Shah NEW DELHI, BHARATIYA Janata Party (BJP BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday asked Opposition parties to make their stand clear on the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants while asserting that National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be implemented in Assam “to the last full stop” as his party stands for national security and Indians’ rights. Dismissing criticism by parties like the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Shah told a press conference that the process for NRC, whose mandate is to identify illegal immigrants, was started in 2005, when the UPA was in power, but the Government lacked the courage “to throw out illegal Bangladeshi immigrants”. “It (NRC) will be implemented to the last full stop and comma,” he said. Taking on West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who has accused the BJP of pursuing a ‘divide and rule’ policy, Shah alleged that she saw a “vote bank” in illegal immigrants for win in elections while his party was looking at the security of the country and rights of its citizens. Shah said he chose to express his views on the NRC through the media after Opposition members did not let him speak in the Rajya Sabha, which was adjourned for the day following protests by rival members over his attack on the Congress. No Indian citizen should be concerned and natives of any other State living in Assam would not be touched, he said, adding, NRC must be implemented firmly and fairly. The BJP has seized on the issue that resonates with its broader agenda of nationalism and Hindutva to corner opposition parties in the election year, with Shah pitching the party as one standing for rights of Indians as opposed to its rivals who are concerned with the rights of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. “The BJP is committed to the national security and safety of its citizens. This is our top priority. All other parties should clear their stand,” he said, asking them to answer in ‘yes or no’ on whether they support NRC. He said the NRC is the soul of the Assam accord which the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had signed and it clearly stipulates that every single illegal immigrant would be identified and his name struck off the voters list. However, several Congress governments which ruled at the centre and the state lacked the courage to implement it. The Supreme Court later stepped in and the Modi government started the process, he said, adding that the apex court is monitoring the entire exercise. “I want to ask the Congress why you are questioning the NRC for vote bank. The Congress started the NRC process in 2005. But you lacked the courage to throw out illegal Bangladeshi immigrants because vote bank was important for you, not national security and rights of citizens,” he said. The Congress should not put vote bank politics should above national interest, he said.
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भारत: आसाममा नेपालीभाषीलाई 'अनागरिक' बनिने चिन्ता पूर्वोत्तर भारतको आसाम राज्यमा जन्मिएकी फूलमायालाई उनका हजुरबुवा र हजुरआमाले आफ्ना पुर्खा नेपालबाट त्यहाँ बसाइँ सरेको बताएका थिए। उनका सासूससुराले पनि आफ्ना पितापुर्खा पनि त्यसरी त्यहाँ पुगेको कथा सुनाउँथे। ४५ वर्षीया उनलाई न नेपालबारे धेरै जानकारी छ न त आफू भारतीय नागरिक नभएकोमा शङ्का। तर भारतमै जन्मिएर पुस्तौँदेखि बसोबास गरिरहेका हजारौँ नेपालीभाषीलाई अहिले भने एकाएक नागरिकताबाट वञ्चित हुनुपर्ने पीरले सताएको छ। आसाममा करिब २५ लाख नेपालीभाषी रहेको बताइन्छ। चिन्ता फूलमायालाई यसरी नागरिकताबाट वञ्चित हुनुपर्छ कि भन्ने चिन्ताले सताउनुको कारण हो- उनको मतदाता परिचयपत्रमा सरकारले लगाइदिएको 'सन्दिग्ध मतदाता' (डिफल्ट अर्थात् डि-भोटर)को चिह्न। भारत सरकारले शुरू गरेको नागरिकतासम्बन्धी राष्ट्रिय पञ्जीकरण (एनआरसी) का क्रममा यस्ता चिह्न लगाइएकाहरूलाई नागरिकता नपाउनेको सूचीमा राखिएको छ। "नियमले त मेरोमा त्यस्तो नहुनुपर्ने हो," बीबीसी नेपाली सेवासँग टेलिफोन कुराकानीमा उनले भनिन्, "तर अब जे भएपनि नियमअनुसार चल्नै पर्यो, हामी त भगवान् भरोसामा छौँ।" आसाममा ४० लाख मानिस ‘नागरिकताविहीन’ आसामको एक गाउँ निवासी फूलमाया जस्तै दशकौँदेखि त्यहाँ बसोबास गरिरहेका एक लाखभन्दा बढी नेपालीभाषीहरू अहिले आफूहरूलाई नागरिकताबाट वञ्चित गरिने हो कि भन्ने चिन्तामा छन्। एनआरसीका क्रममा नागरिकता पाउनबाट वञ्चित हुने करिब ४० लाख मानिसको सूचीमा नेपालीभाषी समेत परेपछि उनीहरूले केन्द्र र राज्य सरकारलाई सचेत गराइसकेका छन्। तर अझै पनि उनीहरू आफूहरूले नागरिकता पाउनेमा निश्चित भने हुन सकिरहेका छैनन्। सरकारले गत ज्यानुवरीमा एनआरसीको पहिलो सूची सार्वजनिक गरेको थियो भने गत सोमवार दोस्रो सूची सार्वजनिक गर्यो। दोस्रो सूची सार्वजनिक हुँदा पनि नागरिकता पाउनेको सूचीमा नपरेकाहरू भने अब दाबी विरोधका लागि दिइएको समयमा दाबी गरेर आफूहरू भारतको नागरिक बन्न सकिन्छ भन्ने आशामा बसेको त्यहाँका सरकारी अधिकारीहरूसँग सम्वाद गरिरहेकाहरूले जानकारी दिएका छन्। विशेषगरी ग्रामीण क्षेत्रमा खेतीपाती र पशुपालन गरेर बसोबास गर्नेहरू नागरिकता नपाउने सूचीमा परेको आसामस्थित नेपालीभाषीको हकहितमा कार्यरत संस्थाका प्रतिनिधिहरूको दाबी छ। कागजात उनीहरूका अनुसार अधिकांशलाई एनआरसी बारे अन्योल हुँदा नागरिकता नपाउनेको सूचीमा समावेश भएका हुन्। सन् १९७१ मार्च २५ तारिखभन्दा अगाडि आसाममा बसोबास गरेको खुल्ने कागजात पेस गर्नेहरू भने नागरिकता पाउनेको सूचीमा समावेश भएका छन्। तर कतिपय नेपालीभाषीसँग यस्ता कागजपत्र नभएको बताइन्छ। सूचीमा छुटेकाहरूको नाम समावेश गरिदिन माग गर्दै गत सोमवार केही नेपालीभाषी सङ्घसंस्थाका प्रतिनिधिले भारतको राजधानी दिल्ली पुगेर केन्द्रीय गृहमन्त्री राजनाथ सिंहलाई भेटेका थिए। आसाम सरकारका अधिकारीहरूसँग पनि यस विषयमा पटकपटक छलफल भइसकेको अखिल आसाम गोर्खा छात्र सङ्घका सभापति प्रेम तामाङले बीबीसीसँग टेलिफोनमा बताए। "जो वास्तविक भारतीय नेपालीभाषी गोर्खा नागरिक छन् उनीहरूमाथि कुनै अन्याय अत्याचार हामी सहन सक्दैनौँ," उनले भने, "अवैध नागरिकलाई हामी वैधता दिन चाहदैनौँ। तर वैध गोर्खा नागरिकलाई एउटा कागजको टुक्रा लिएर यातना नदिइयोस्।" उनले भारतका गृहमन्त्री राजनाथ सिंह र आसाम सरकारका प्रतिनिधिहरूले समेत सकारात्मक जवाफ दिएकाले नागरिकता नपाउने सूचीमा रहेका नेपालीभाषीले दाबी विरोधपछि नागरिकता पाउने सम्भावना रहेको बताए। तर त्यसका लागि एनआरसीसम्बन्धी कार्यविधि जारी भएपछि दिइने निश्चित समयभित्र नागरिकता नपाउनेको सूचीमा परेकाहरूले नागरिकताका लागि दाबी गर्नुपर्ने उनले बताए। भारतको सर्वोच्च अदालतले यही अगस्ट १६ मा एनआरसीसम्बन्धी कार्यविधि जारी गर्ने बताइएको छ। आलोचना भारतको महारजिस्ट्रार एवम् जनगणना आयुक्तको कार्यालयले गत सोमवार दोस्रो सूची सार्वजनिक गरेपछि ४० लाख व्यक्तिहरू अनागरिक हुने अवस्था आएको भन्दै भारतमा विपक्षी दलका नेताहरूले सरकारको आलोचना गरिरहेका छन्। यस्तै आलोचना हुँदै गर्दा शुक्रवार भारतको माथिल्लो सदन राज्यसभामा विपक्षी दलका सांसदहरूले राखेका जिज्ञासामा जवाफ दिँदै भारतका गृहमन्त्री राजनाथ सिंहले कोही पनि भारतीय नागरिकताबाट वञ्चित नहुने बताए। "अन्तिम एनआरसीभन्दा पहिले सबैको कानुनी प्रावधान अनुसार दाबी र विरोध दर्ता गर्नका लागि पूरा अवसर हुनेछ," उनले भने, "यसका साथै अन्तिम एनआरसीपश्चात् पनि सबै सम्बन्धित व्यक्तिहरूलाई विदेशी मामिला सम्बन्धी न्यायाधिकरणमा जाने पूरा अवसर रहनेछ।" सरकारले सन् १९७१ को भारत-पाक युद्ध र बाङ्ग्लादेशको गठनपश्चात् बाङ्ग्लादेशबाट अवैध रूपमा आसाम प्रवेश गरेकाहरूमाथि कडाइ गर्न एनआरसी ल्याएको बताइन्छ। भारत स्वतन्त्र भएपछि देशभर सन् १९५१ मा यस्तै खालको एनआरसी गरिएको थियो। विशेषगरी आसाम राज्यमा बाङ्ग्लादेशबाट अवैध रूपमा मानिसहरू प्रवेश गरेको भन्दै त्यहाँका नागरिकहरूले विदेशीविरुद्ध आन्दोलन समेत गर्ने गरेका छन्। हिन्दूवादी मानिएको भारतीय जनता पार्टीको सरकार भएकाले अहिले आसाममा अधिकांश बाङ्ग्लाभाषी मुसलमानलाई अनागरिक बनाउन लागिएको कतिपय विपक्षीको आरोप रहेको छ। तर सरकारले भने त्यसलाई आधारहीन आरोप बताउँदै आएको छ।