With the draft of the National Citizen Register (NRC) released on Monday in Assam, more than 40 lakh people out of a total of 3.29 crore applicants are worried about their future, as well as a nationwide political dispute. 2.89 crore applicants have been approved in the draft of the citizens. This draft is part of a long-running campaign to isolate Bangladeshi entrepreneurs living in Assam.

After the government refused to give citizenship to 10 lakh applicants, the central government has urged the people not to be intimidated by the people and not to politicize the issue with the opposition. The Registrar General of India, Shailesh, who issued the draft, said that those applicants will be provided with adequate opportunities, who want to make claims and objections. They can submit their claims and objections before the final list is prepared from August 30 to September 28. 

Here are some must-know facts about NRC.

1. Assam is the only state in the country where the system of citizenship register is implemented. Citizenship registration in Assam is different from applicable citizenship law in the country. Here the Assam Accord is applicable from 1985 and according to this agreement, those entering the state till midnight of March 24, 1971, will be considered as Indian citizens.

2. According to the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the person whose citizenship is not in the register is considered an illegal citizen. It was prepared after the 1951 census. It has registered the names and numbers of people living in every household of every village here.  

3. The NRC report shows only who is an Indian citizen and who is not. After partition of India-Pakistan in 1947, some people migrated from Assam to East Pakistan, but their land was in Assam and people continued to live in both places. After this, the data of NRC was uploaded for the first time in 1951. 

4. Even then, intrusion continued in India. After the formation of Bangladesh in Assam in 1971, a large number of refugees continued to reach and this would change the state's population's appearance. In the 80's, the All Assam Students Union (AASU) started a movement. The Assam Accord was signed in 1985 after the six years of Asu's struggle. 

5. In this case, according to the Supreme Court directive, the census work was started in 2015 under its supervision. In January this year, names of 1.9 crore people were registered in the Citizen Register of Assam while 3.29 applicants had applied.

6. After the Assam Accord, the leaders of Assam Gana Parishad formed a political party, which also made the government in the state.

7. In 2005, the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had decided to update the National Register of Citizenship of 1951. He had decided that the name of people who have also been illegally enrolled in Assam will be added to the National Register of Citizenship but after this the dispute increased and the matter reached the court. 

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