BJP leader and former Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday supported the decision of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma not to issue Aadhaar cards without National Register of Citizens documentation.
Welcoming the decision of the Assam CM as "the right move," he said that raising questions about citizenship is not good for the country, any religion, or humanity.
Naqvi also contended that over the last few decades, the infiltrators have laid claim to the constitutional rights over Indian resources. Whatever is being done to rectify this anomaly in the interest of the nation is necessary, he asserted.
The Chief Minister Sarma on Saturday said that new applicants for Aadhaar cards in the state will have to mention the number of their NRC Application Receipt Number (ARN). Sarma said that in four districts, namely Barpeta, Dhubri, Morigaon, and Nagaon, the number of Aadhaar cardholders is higher than the projected population.
The Assam CM informed that a detailed Standard Operating Procedure will be worked out and implemented w.e.f October 1, 2024.
This would prevent the entry of illegal foreigners, and the state government would be very stern in issuing the Aadhaar cards, he added.
He also added that since the number of applications for Aadhaar cards is much higher than the population, it showed that there may be suspicious citizens in the state. It is due to this that the state government has decided that the NRC Application Receipt Number would be made necessary for an Aadhaar card application.
According to CM, the application rate in Barpeta is 103.74 percent, 103 percent in Dhubri and in both Morigaon and Nagaon, it is 101 percent.
According to the decision taken by Assam, the new applicants will be issued Aadhar cards only after they get a No Objection Certificate from the District Commissioner. These certificates are to be duly scrutinized.
If an applicant has an NRC ARN, that establishes he has been in the State since before 2014.
The Central has empowered state governments to decide whether to issue Aadhaar cards or not.
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