Lt Thapa says he submitted all identity documents, even those related to his service in army, but still his name has not featured in the second NRC draft. (Photo: Manogya Loiwal/India Today)

Honorary Lieutenant (retd) Bir Bahadur Thapa gets emotional every time he recalls the 1999 Kargil War and the testing times it positioned him and others in. Losing his friends in the battle was painful he says.

After 19 years of fighting the Kargil war, he says what is painful is to see that your name is not included in the draft of the National Register of Citizen (NRC), a document that seeks to determine citizenship status of people in Assam.

In 2012, Lt Thapa retired from the army after serving for 32 years. Recounting his experience of Kargil, he says he was part of the surveying team that was tasked to give coordinates for the placement, range and other details for firing Bofors guns.

A resident of Morigaon in Assam, Lt Thapa says he submitted all identity documents, even those related to his service in army, but still his name has not featured in the second draft. Names of his wife and two children are also missing.

"It pains to realise that after having fought for the country and win war for it risking your life, your family is left out of the NRC," he says.

Lt Thapa says that there are others like him who have been living in Assam from 1945, served in the army, but have not been included in the NRC.

Loknath Dahal, another resident of Morigaon, says, "There are more than one lakh Gorkhas who have not been included in the NRC. Most of them have given all documents. From my family, only person's name is on the NRC."

Other locals narrate similar tales of how their names were excluded despite having submitted all documents.

Tukprasad Sarma has a family of four. Three of them have not been included in the draft. "We are now waiting or August 10 when the claims process will start," he says.

Despite this, the locals say they have hope that the wrongs will be corrected. "We are Indians and we love our country. I am sure we will get justice and our names will be included in the and soon our names will be included," says Pitambar Sharma, another local resident.

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