Why is NRC a problem?

Indian Muslims could be badly affected by CAA+NRC, because those Muslims who do not have the documents required to prove their citizenship in a nationwide NRC could be declared as illegal migrants and they would not be able to use CAA, like non-Muslim Indians perhaps could, to get citizenship by lying and claiming that …

What is the problem with CAA NRC?

The CAA excludes Muslims in two ways. It highlights the persecution of non-Muslims in neighbouring Muslim countries and, at the same time, does not include Muslims in the list of preferred migrants. This exclusion is seen as a violation of Article 14 (equality before law) and Article 25 (Freedom of religion).

Is NRC unconstitutional?

Union of India , where the Court held that legislations could be struck down on the ground that they were manifestly arbitrary. With the legal position on the doctrine now settled, it is submitted that the NRC violates Article 14 of the Constitution on the ground that the exercise is manifestly arbitrary.

Why are Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam protesting against NRC?

Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam thought NRC would be their shot at dignity. They were wrong The community accuses the BJP government of trying to delegitimise the register since the number of Bengali Muslims excluded fell below its expectations.

What is the National Register of Citizens (NRC)?

Assam’s National Register of Citizens, compiled in 1951, was being finally updated after a series of mishaps. Assamese nationalists had long demanded it – the NRC was seen as a means to sieve Indian citizens from undocumented migrants from Bangladesh, who Assamese groups claim were overrunning the state.

Are Bengali-origin Muslims really excluded from the NRC?

Though the NRC authorities did not release religious data of the 19 lakh who did not, it is now widely believed that Bengali-origin Muslims may not have accounted for a lion’s share of the excluded, challenging the popular lore that had painted them as illegal immigrants for decades.

What is the Assam anti-foreigners movement?

The entire exercise stems from the Assam Accord of 1985, signed between leaders of the Assam anti-foreigners’ movement and the Union government in the presence of then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. The movement was launched by student bodies and other organisations against the large-scale presence of illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Assam.