KOLKATA: Nine days after a leading imam urged community members and other citizens of the state, during the Eid prayers, to keep their citizenship documents in order, an awareness campaign coinciding with election commission’s voter registration drive kick-started from Nakhoda Mosque on Friday.The unprecedented alacrity over the issue comes in the wake of the controversy over Assam ’s National Register of Citizen’s ( NRC ) which left out atleast 40 lakh people and BJP leaders’ regular statements demanding a similar exercise in Bengal.“This is not the time to be complacent. It is important that we keep all our legal documents and other papers proving our Indian citizenship in order. If a document is not updated get it done immediately,” said Mohammad Shafique Qasmi, imam of Nakhoda Mosque in central Kolkata.The outreach which will happen over public address systems, street corner meetings, social media and sermons at the mosques will aim at urging citizens to get their names included in the electoral rolls, get the spellings and address rectified in case they are wrong and help those who are unlettered and can’t follow the procedure.“We are appealing to all citizens to keep their citizenship documents in order and updated. Be very careful about the spellings of your name and your parents in these documents. Wrong spellings can lead to a lot of complications,” said Qasmi.He also appealed to the imams of various mosques in the city and the districts to educate and make the people aware of the importance of keeping all the citizenship documents in order.“Please talk about the need of voter id cards and other citizenship documents after the prayers. Many people in the far-flung areas may not know about this. It is our duty to inform and educate them,” said Qasmi.Imam-e-Idian Qari Fazlur Rahman had on Eid had urged everybody to keep all their legal documents in order.“It is the responsibility of every citizen to include their names in the electoral rolls. Names of several people are struck off the electoral rolls for various reasons and people do not even get to know till the last elections. The work on revision of the electoral rolls is beginning from September 1. If the spelling of your name is incorrect or your address has been wrongly mentioned do get it rectified. Don’t ignore it or procrastinate over it. It is a priority,” said Qari Fazlur Rahman.Several muslim organisations have already started holding awareness camps and helping community members update their documents which they can produce if there is an Assam like exercise in Bengal.The imams have also urged NGOs to come forward and assist people in updating their legal documents.