GUWAHATI: Less than six months after Assam ’s updated National Register of Citizens ( NRC ) was published, the new state coordinator for the exercise has raised doubts about the quality of screening and enumeration on the basis of a list of “ineligible persons” who have allegedly made it to the citizenship rolls.In a circular to the deputy commissioners and district registrars of citizen registration, former state coordinator Prateek Hajela ’s successor Hitesh Dev Sarma said he had been informed that people declared as foreigners by tribunals, doubtful voters identified by the Election Commission and their descendants had found their way into the NRC.“A list of such persons has already been shared from your end... As such, you are requested to share the details of such persons who are ineligible for inclusion in NRC, but whose names got included,” states the circular issued last Wednesday. “You are requested to note that this matter is of utmost importance as the details received from your end have to reported to the Registrar General of India urgently...Send the details within tomorrow (February 20) positively.”A total of 3.3 crore people had applied for inclusion of their names in the NRC in 2015. Three years later, the final draft was published, containing 2.89 crore names. Of the over 40 lakh names that were excluded, 36 lakh filed claims. On August 31 last year, the final list was published with 3.11 crore inclusions and 19 lakh exclusions.Several organisations, including Aasu, have since moved the Supreme Court seeking re-verification on various grounds. While Aasu claims the list of inclusions is far smaller than it should be, the BJP-led government insists that many Hindus have been erroneously left out. The state government is arguing for re-verification of at least 20% of the data, especially in the three districts bordering Bangladesh , where it believes the exclusion rate was “abnormally low”.Assam Public Works, the NGO whose 2009 PIL led the SC to order the NRC exercise, has filed a plea seeking “100% re-verification”. It claimed the final list contains names of almost 80 lakh foreigners, including jihadis.