Assam has published a new exclusion list today, with an additional 1 lakh names to be removed from the National Register of Citizens.
According to India Today, an additional exclusion list with the names of 1,02,462 people to the draft NRC was published in Assam. These 1 lakh names have been excluded in the register of citizens as they were found ineligible to be in the final draft.
The people whose names have not been included will now be informed individually through Letters of Information, delivered to them at their residential addresses.
These people will have the opportunity to file their claims at the designated NRC Seva Kendras (NSKs) till July 11.
The claims will be deposed before the publication of the NRC on July 31.
According to a statement by the state coordinator of the NRC, the said list has been published as per the provisions of the Clause 5 of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules 2003