Ulfa-I, NDFB rebel leaders find place in 1st NRC draft
Over 1.39 crore applicants did not find their names in the first draft even as people thronged the NRC Seva Kendras to check for their names.
Guwahati: The first draft of National Register of Citizens has sprung many surprises as elusive commander-in-chief of Ulfa(I) Paresh Baruah has found a place in the NRC.
Though the outlawed Ulfa(I) chief’s name was enrolled in the first draft of the NRC, his wife, Boby Bhuyan Baruah, and his two sons — Anku and Akash — living abroad were not lucky enough to get their names enrolled in the first draft.
The elusive Ulfa(I) chief has been leading an armed movement for “Ind-ependent Assam” from Myanmar and spent majority of life outside country. The Ulfa chief’s birthplace has been stated to be as Chaklibhora (also known as Jeraigaon) in Dib-rugarh district. His date of birth has been mentioned as February 15, 1957. Five other names of his family members — Bikul Baruah (brother), Renu Baruah (sister-in-law) Dimpi Baruah (niece), Sukalpa Baruah (nephew) and Milki Baruah (his late mother) — also appeared in the draft NRC alongside his name in the list.
It was not only Ulfa(I) leaders, in fact, names of top leaders of anti-talk faction of NDFB G. Bidai also figured in the first list.
If names of rebel leaders in the draft NRC has drawn the attention, on the other hand, many political leaders cutting across the political spectrum did not figure in the first draft of the NRC.
Among the prominent political leaders who co-uld not find place in first draft NRC included AIUDF leaders and MPs Badruddin Ajmal and Sir-ajuddin Ajmal. The names of his two sons were also missing. BJP MLA from Hojai Shiladitya Dev, who recently created a major controversy by saying that most Muslims in the state are from Bangladesh, could not find place in the first NRC.
The name of Congress MLA Nurul Huda was also missing from the first list, but he said that names of 70 per cent residents of his constituency were under verification. “It is good that my name doesn’t figure in the first list, it will give confidence to all others whose name has not been included in the NRC as yet,” he added.
Over 1.39 crore applicants did not find their names in the first draft even as people thronged the NRC Seva Kendras to check for their names.