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Some utter nonsense is peddled wrt #assamnrc. Illegal immigrants r determined by the IMDT Act 1983, which was introduced by Indira Gandhi in 1983 midway during assam agitation (1979-85). 1/n
#assamnrc between 1983 & 2019 NRC update, 1.17 lakh people r declared "illegal immigrants". Another 2 lakh cases under IMDT Act r pending taking total to 3 lakh. Over 1 lakh already lost voting rights as per 1997 HC order. 2/n
It means, there were 3 lakh declared/suspected illegal immigrants till #assamnrc was published. Over 1 lakh lost voting rights since 1997. And Guwahati HC denied citizenship to children of illegal immigrants. 3/n
To sum up, approx 10 lakh people were already in the guillotine before #assamnrc list of 19 lakh was finalised. But only 1600, who were avoiding legal procedures, were put in #detention camps. Why no one questioned this for all these years??? 4/n
Those excluded frm #assamnrc list r ovr 3 lakh local origin ppl who didnt participate. There should also b errors. 0.5% error makes it 1.5 cr. So NRC exclusion list wil come dwn closer 2 that 10 L who wr identified/suspected illegal. Why blame NRC den? Why sudden conscience? 5n/n
