NRC is important for the future of greater Assamese society and as we are right now in the draft stage, it will be too premature to say this. Currently, what we have is the draft NRC and now the process of claim and objection will start. The SC-monitored NRC process has twin objectives — no illegal immigrant will be allowed to stay and not a single Indian will be left out of the process.One must understand that if an Assamese Muslim or Bengali-speaking Muslim has not found his name in draft NRC, four such Hindus or tribal people have not found their names in NRC. So there is no hue and cry here as people are aware that there is the process of claim and objection and they will take recourse to it. Union home minister Rajnath Singh has assured that no one will be deported on the basis of draft NRC. The repeated assurance given by the Assam government that no rights and privileges will be curtailed on the basis of draft NRC has assured the people of the state. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is unaware about the NRC process. She wants to give this a communal overtone. Banerjee is just politicising the whole thing. There is a false and malicious campaign being carried outside the state by some quarters that these 40 lakh people will be sent to detention camps. This is a most secular NRC. There is an attempt by some anti-BJP people to project that people from a particular community are excluded.Congress is by nature a party of double standards. Congress leaders speak differently in Assam and in Delhi. While the leaders in Assam are claiming credit for initiating the process, Congress leaders in Delhi are attacking the draft NRC. The guidelines for NRC update were done during the prime ministership of Manmohan Singh The issue of foreigners has plagued Assam for several decades. Since 1979, when agitations started, the issue of foreigners has dominated every election. This issue has brought a deep sense of distrust in Assamese society. We are committed to freeing Assam from illegal immigrants. BJP coming to power at the Centre and in Assam made a huge difference. We are committed to illegal immigrants-free Assam.