GUWAHATI: The 40 lakh names, not found eligible by Registrar General of India to be included in the draft National Register of Citizens, include the kin of India’s fifth President, Fakhrudin Ali Ahmed, who was an Assamese.

The former President’s nephew, 52-year-old Jiauddin Ali Ahmed told TOI that he could not find any legacy data of his grandfather, who would be the ex-President’s father, Zalnur Ali, a former Colonel of British Army , to establish the lineage and claim Indian citizenship.

Jiauddin, who is native of a Rangiya in Kamrup district in Assam , said, “When we tried to search the NRC database for the legacy database, we could not find our grandfather’s name. This means that the President’s (former) family also cannot establish the link since he (Fakhruddin) and my father are brothers.”

Jiauddin said that he along with his wife and his two children could not find their names in the draft NRC that was published on Monday.

“Whatever documents and photographs I had to prove my relationship with the former President have been washed away by the floods in 2000. In fact, some people misled us saying that we would automatically find our names in the NRC by virtue of being the members of the family of the former President of India. No one told us if we could submit any alternative document,” he said.

Jiauddin is eager to get his and his family members’ names in the final NRC. “I will visit the NRC seva Kendra tomorrow and get all the details for filing the claim. Since I have already applied, but without documents, I can apply for claim,” he said.

