JJC Musings: December 2019

Explanations and Hypothetical situations have failed to prove the point... So here is a list of a few lives that has changed post NRC. Sources are given below as links.. The list is collated just based on newspaper reports. This is not an exhaustive list; If 3 hours of Google search could create a list of 50, then similar cases on the ground will be in thousands. Its for you to judge whether these people are 'genuine' citizens of India or 'Intruders'.

Abida Sidiqa (34) from Achalpara. Her brother and 4 sisters are in the list, but she is out of the list
Amrit Lal Das of Bongaigaon town in lower Assam – Himself and his 4 brothers excluded
Kamala Das – 70 year old Bengali Hindu whose son is included but she is not
60-year-old Malati Bala Das from Assam’s Katirail village - has supporting documents, including her father’s refugee certificate of 1964, to prove her Indian identity. She has voted regularly since 1997. But still tagged as D Voter
Bhakta Das (60) was served a notice in 2009 but in 2011 he was declared an Indian citizen by a tribunal court. Interestingly, he was served a D-Voter notice in 2017 again
Indigenous Gorkha community members - one lakh Gorkhas have been left out of final NRC.A BJP MP told Lok Sabha on Friday that many members of the Gorkha community have been excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and asked the government to give them recognition as the state’s inhabitants. Four organisations representing the Gorkha community in Assam came together on Friday to stage a protest and submit a memorandum to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal regarding the exclusion of members of the community from the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Abdus Subhan, a former Grade IV employee in the state education department in Mohimari village of Assam - his sons Zubair Hussain (28), Ariful (25) and Yesmin (22) were out of NRC. But his 2 elder kids Fazail (35) and Salma (30) were in. “Our grandfather’s name is in the 1951 NRC. We don’t know why the exclusion happened. If my parents and elder siblings are Indians, how can I be a foreigner?,” says Zubair
Ahmed Toweb (28), a resident of Jogighopa in Bongaigaon - Only member of his family to be excluded. His parents and five other siblings are in. Toweb is a secretary of the state committee of NSUI, the Congress’s students’ wing.
Rina Bhattacharjee (71) - retired teacher in Tezpur who is excluded. Her husband is in. Rina did her schooling in West Bengal and returned to Assam to pursue higher education. She then took up a job here, she had submitted a 1967 certificate from a school in Nagaon she started teaching at and her BEd certificate from 1969
Jaba Namashudro (35), a resident of Udharbond in Cachar district – Out of NRC whereas her three children and husband are in. She had won a case at a Foreigners’ Tribunal in 2017 and was declared an Indian. But now she is out of NRC
Ananta Kumar Malo, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA from the Scheduled Caste-reserved constituency of Abhyapuri South in lower Assam – OUT of final NRC. Everyone else in his family is in.
Rama Kanta Dewri, the BJP MLA from Morigaon constituency, did not confirm or deny reports that he has been excluded - he belongs to an indigenous tribal community of the state.
4 family members of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed who was the fifth President of India excluded from final NRC
Nur Alam (14), a Class 8 student – Excluded from the final NRC, all other family members in
Khatemon Nessa (50) and Rejia Khatun (45) – Sisters of Akram Hussain who runs a pharmacy. Out of 8 siblings, these 2 are left out. They are illiterate and did not have the school and matriculation certificates others had. So there was a problem in establishing linkage with our father, whose 1966 voters’ list we used
Shahibul Hoque Sikdar, a history lecturer at a college in Mazgaon of Barpeta district - All his family members, including parents and two children, are in the final NRC except him
Tajuddin Ahmed (34), a teacher at a private school in village Kirakara in Darrang district - only one among eight brothers not to make it into final NRC
Jelemon Nessa (around 50) - only one in their family out of the NRC. There is a mismatch in her father’s name in the documents used for her NRC application — one says Moghrob Ali, the other Mogor Ali.
Sisters Dipa and Kalpana Das, in their 50s -- while Dipa was on the list, Kalpana was not
Mohendra Das, a daily wager – out of final NRC. appeared at the NSK without a shirt but holding a yellow plastic bag full of documents
Bushan Das, a resident of Udayan Nagar colony on the outskirts of southern Assam’s Silchar – Out of NRC, his 3 sons and 3 daughters also excluded. His wife is included. Apart from his driving licence, Das said he had submitted other papers, including a fraying citizenship certificate from 1956, to support his linkage to his father and grandfather, both of whom grew up in Silchar
Iman Ali (62) – Only 7 out of the 52 members of his joint family included in final NRC. the problem was in his father’s name. “He was actually Joyanuddin Sheikh. But in the 1966 voters’ list that we submitted for NRC, it is spelt as Joranuddin Sheikh. We were all included earlier ; only four of the 52 of us were excluded from the draft NRC,” he said. “But then there was an ‘objection’ filed against me, my two cousins and one uncle, We went for the hearing regarding the objection. The objector did not come and we don’t personally know the person who filed it. During the hearing we were asked the reason for the difference between ‘Joyanuddin’ and ‘Joranuddin’ in the documents. We realised the problem and said we have a land document of 1964 which mentions our grandfather’s name as ‘Joyanuddin’, the actual name. But they disallowed that”
Sanaullah, 52, (30 years in Army) retired as a subedar with the Army Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) in August 2017 after serving in insurgency-affected areas of Jammu & Kashmir and the North-East – Left out of NRC along with his 3 children. Sent to detention center. Wife included in NRC
Shankar Rai, 43 - belongs to the Koch Rajbongshi community, one of the oldest inhabitants in the region. a spelling error on his Pan Card excluded him from the draft NRC
Sati Purkayashta, 73 - worked as a teacher in a local school in Guwahati. Her father died when she was six, her husband when she was 46. her name was out of the NRC draft. All her family members, including her newborn granddaughter, had made it
Nayanmoni Das (14) with her father Sanjit (37) and sister Tina (9) – Excluded from final NRC because her long-dead grandfather Prasanna Das is still marked as a Doubtful Voter (D-Voter) in the state’s electoral rolls. According to updation rules, a person declared foreigner by a Foreigners Tribunal (DF), a person marked Doubtful Voter (DV) by the local election officials or a person whose case is pending at an FT (PFT) and their descendants who have drawn ‘legacy’ from such persons will be excluded from NRC. Tina was excluded in the draft NRC published July last, the family said. While Sanjit, Monojit and Nayamoni made it then, their names were dropped in the additional exclusion list published on June 26. The reason said, “descendant of D-Voter”
Ratish Das (45) - He, his wife Kalpana and youngest child, Rajib (14) are out of the draft NRC while their two elder children Robindro (23) and Poornima (18) were included
The entire family of Arshad Ali (36), a driver in Barpeta, was included in draft NRC except for his daughter Amana Khatoon (11). “Her birth certificate was not accepted, I think. It is from Delhi. From 2006 to 2009, I was in Delhi. I fear about her fate if she is out of the NRC. During ‘claim’ hearing, they [officials] asked me for more documents — I said what more documents can a child have.”
Kesab Roy, a Koch Rajbongshis (indigenous community), has his mother left out of the NRC, while the names of her only sister and the brothers figure on it
Karnadhar Singha, a Koch Rajbongshis (indigenous community), wife and mother out of NRC
Motiurrahman – All family included except daughter-in-law
Somaira (7) – Out of NRC. Her father, mother included
Zarina Khatun – Excluded of NRC. All her siblings who used the same legacy data is in the list.
Rahima Khatun – Out of NRC, her 2 brothers in draft NRC
Gita Rani (61) – Excluded from NRC. Her sons and other family members included. Failed to produce any document to prove that her birth year is 1958 and her admission to Charilam school in 1970. Sent to detention camp. Headmaster of Tripura school flown down to support her case and provided all school documents. A few days later her name was removed from detention center list
Kanai Lal Chouhan (42) – Out of NRC along with 3 daughters, 1 son and 2 sisters. Farmer from Udalguri district. Mother and wife included in NRC
Madan Chandra Das’s family – 6 out of 9 membered family made it to NRC. Madan along with his 2 sisters out. 2 brothers in though
Illias Ali – Congress Legislator from Dalgaon Assembly – Made it to NRC , but her daughter is out.
Taffajul Ali – Was included in draft NRC but excluded of final NRC. Had land and house documents. But last year floods washed away his land and his house. Someone filed an objection against him that led to exclusion from final list
Mofizur Rehman – a health officer with the Meghalaya govt. His full family excluded from NRC. Spelling error in his father’s name in govt records. His father was a school teacher. His Uncle’s family is included
Sarbari Bhattacharjee (54) from New Bongaigaon – excluded from NRC. Born in WB but doesn’t have birth certificate with her. Her husband and daughter included
Krishna Chanda (80) – a retired school teacher – Excluded from final NRC. Born in Kolkata and her graduation certificate has her maiden name Krishna Gosh. The fact that she married and her surname changed to Chanda was not considered. She draws pension from Assam govt where her date of joining service is 1963
Azharuddin – delivery assistant with Swiggy in Guwahati – 6 out of 14 members of his family out of NRC. Submitted land records of 1962
Parimal Bhattacharjee (52) – works in Tanzania. Out of final NRC. Born in Arunachal Pradesh. His parents separated in 1971 and he doesn’t have any docs pre 1971. His wife and son is in NRC
Akbar Ali (58) Tea seller – He and his wife excluded of NRC. His 4 sons and 4 daughters are in
Mirchan Nessa (46) - Herself and her 9 year old grand-daughter Samina Akhtar left out of final NRC eventhough they were included in draft NRC
Former legislator Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya – Excluded from final NRC along with his daughter and son. His entire family had figured in the first NRC draft published on December 31, 2018. But four members, including Mr. Mazarbhuiya – he had used his own legacy data – were put in the exclusion list published on July 30, 2018.
Brigadier K.P. Lahiri, received the Veer Chakra for his exploits in the 1965 war and played a key role during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 – wife excluded from final List
Some of Radha Krishna Saraswati’s family, the first exporter of Assam silk a century ago, are also excluded. Runa Saraswati (68) survived the Jalpaiguri flood to be married into one of Guwahati’s oldest Bengali families. the Saraswatis became the first to export Assam’s indigenous silks. Their documents dating back to more than a century made them confident of being included in the NRC. All members were in, except for Ms. Saraswati.
The 65-year-old Madhabi* Bose, married into a middle-class family in Guwahati’s Kalapahar area, too has been left out for a similar reason. She is from Cooch Behar, from where many documents of people born before 1972, the year the DM’s office caught fire, could not be verified