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EC: no names removed based on draft NRC
Why in news?
- ECI assured the SC that names have not been deleted from the Assam electoral roll on the basis of their exclusion from the draft NRC, which was published in July last year.
- The Supreme Court had asked the ECI Secretary to appear before it in connection with this PIL petition, filed by Assam-based residents Gopal Seth and Susanta Sen.
- Alleging that several categories of persons were deprived of voting rights ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
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- Concerns expressed by CJI:(1) Question looms large in the light of the preparation of the final NRC, to be published on July 31, 2019.(2) What would happen to those who do not appear there but are included in the electoral roll?
- What petitioner claimed:(1) First category included persons whose names figured in the draft NRC but not in the voter list.(2) In another category, persons whose names were deleted from the voter list appeared in the draft NRC published on July 30, 2018.(3) The third category of people were those declared foreigners by the foreigners’ tribunal as well as by the Guwahati High Court.(4) Petition said the fourth category comprised those already declared foreigners by the tribunal. However, their names had been deleted from the voters list pursuant to the order of the tribunal.(5) Fifth category were those whose names had not been included in the draft NRC, but their family members were included; these had filed a claim for the inclusion of their names.
Source
The hindu.