The Assam government has decided to approach the Supreme Court for directing the Centre to provide Aadhaar cards to people left out of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) published in 2019.
About 19.06 lakh people were left out of the complete draft NRC. They were among 27 lakh people whose biometrics had been collected during the claims and objections phase of the NRC exercise.
“The lack of Aadhaar cards has deprived these 27 lakh people, some of whom belong to the indigenous communities, of government schemes such as free rice or housing. These people should get the document,” Water Resources Minister and government spokesperson Pijush Hazarika said.
