GUWAHATI: The cabinet on Monday reiterated Centre’s stand that no one would be detained even if someone failed to make it to the final draft of the national register of citizens (NRC) which will be released on July 30.

Industries minister Chandra Mohan Patowary after the cabinet meeting told media that no one will be put in detention camps as there will be adequate opportunities for filing objections and claims in case someone’s name did not figure in the draft NRC.

On Sunday Union home minister Rajnath Singh said in New Delhi that the question of putting someone, whose name did not appear in the final draft, in the detention camps did not arise as the Citizenship Rules provide that any person who is not satisfied with the outcome can appeal in the Foreigner’s Tribunal.

The Cabinet has also decided to appeal to all sections of the society to maintain peace and tranquility in the run-up to the release of the draft.

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal , who had almost two hours meeting with Singh in New Delhi on Sunday, had also appealed to the people to stay away from issuing communal statements and instigations.

Officials said that ministers have been entrusted to assist in peace meetings along with the district administrations across the state to build confidence among the public.

“The thrust is to allay fear and anxiety from the people’s mind in the run up to the draft NRC release and also to maintain law and order situation across the state,” an official said.

The state government has already sought about 150 companies of security forces to pre-empt any disturbances prior to and after the release of draft NRC.

Singh had said that the Centre will provide all helps to the state government for putting adequate security measures in place.

With barely a week left for the release of the final draft NRC, people in the state especially in lower Assam and Barak valley are in tenterhooks over the possibility of their names being deleted. Centre’s sanction of a standalone detention camps with a capacity to house 3000 declared foreigners recently in Goalpara district added to the people’s anxiety as large number of people’s names to be deleted looked imminent. While over 90,000 declared foreigners and their family members along with 1,25 lakh doubtful “D” voters are going to be left out from the draft, another 1.5 lakh people’s names would be deleted for erroneous entries in the first draft that was released on December 31 last year.

