Mumbai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday that genuine Indians from Bengali, Bihari, Gorkha and Assamese communities have been kept out of NRC in Assam and sought their intervention to alleviate their sufferings.
Banerjee told Shah in his first meeting with the home minister, who had taken over the office about three months ago.
“I have come to meet the Home Minister to discuss NRC in Assam and told him that many genuine Indians have been excluded from the list. I have requested him to include the needy so that they join NRC Crisis. “, He told reporters after a meeting with Shah.
The Chief Minister said that those who were excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) include many Bengalis, Bihari, Gorkhas and even Assamese.
“I have requested them to investigate their cases and resolve the issues,” she said.
The final NRC, a list of residents of Assam and published on 31 August, did not include the names of 19 lakh people.
“The Home Minister has assured that he will look into it,” he said.
The Chief Minister said that she had come to New Delhi after a long time and was appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a meeting.
“It is a constitutional obligation to meet the Prime Minister and the Home Minister. Also, we have international border issues with Bangladesh and Bhutan and the state borders with Bihar and Jharkhand. We have sensitive ‘chicken neck’ (to the northeastern states There is also a corridor connecting to the rest). Country). So meeting the Home Minister is necessary for that context, “she said.
The chief minister said she has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and raised the issue of renaming the state.
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