NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing row over the National Register of Citizens (NRC), former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has urged the government to prepare a similar list for the residents of West Bengal to identify genuine Indians, saying the state was also “affected by illegal immigration” from Bangladesh.
He said the ongoing update of the NRC in Assam should be foolproof and no Indians should be left out and no illegal immigrants included in the final list of Assam’s residents.
“We want the NRC in all states. First, we want an NRC in West Bengal which is also affected by illegal immigration from Bangladesh as language and culture of West Bengal and Bangladesh are same,” he told a press conference here.
Mahanta, a signatory of the 1985 Assam Accord which provides for identification and deportation of illegal immigrants from the state, said even the local residents of West Bengal are in favor of an NRC in the state. PTI
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