Several BJP leaders are now speaking publicly against the NRC, saying that the government will do anything for the genuine Indians. (Photo: PTI)

The Assam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is extremely anxious over speculation of a large number of Indians who have allegedly been excluded from the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). It has also demanded a nationwide NRC at the earliest.

The BJP's Assam unit is increasingly worried over speculation that a large number of illegal foreigners' names are included in the final NRC list, while the Hindus have been excluded.

Several BJP leaders are now speaking publicly against the NRC and said that the government will do anything for the genuine Indians.

Unhappy over the final list of the NRC, Assam state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that the BJP is now demanding nationwide NRC.

"We have seen that a large number of Indian citizens name have not been listed in this NRC list. Among these, many are coming from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal, Tripura and they have valid documents. But their names have not been listed. They have applied on several occasions, but their names are missing. NRC is a national phenomenon, but it has been started from Assam. So, the Assam state BJP has demanded to implement it in the entire nation in the interest of the Hindustan [India]," Ranjeet Kumar Dass said.

The Assam BJP unit president said that they are unhappy with this NRC as many genuine Indian citizens' names were excluded from the list.

Another Assam BJP MLA Dilip Kumar Paul claimed that lakhs of illegal Bangladeshi Muslims have been included in the list.

Dilip Kumar Paul, who represented Silchar assembly constituency twice, said that around 95-96 per cent illegal Bangladeshi Muslims names have appeared in the list.

"On the other hand, a major portion of Hindus have been excluded from the list. We can never accept this NRC where illegal Bangladeshi Muslims have been included," Dilip Kumar Paul said.

The BJP MLA further said that Hindus can never be foreigners in India.

"Around Rs 1,300 crore was utilised in the entire process and we want an error-free, foreigners free NRC but it looks like as 'dug up a mountain, out came a mouse'. Around 95-96 per cent illegal Bangladeshi Muslims have featured in the list. Our BJP's stand is that Hindus can never be foreigners. We guess that many Hindus have been excluded from the list. Those who are foreigners became Indians and those who are Indians became foreigners. We will not accept it," Dilip Kumar Paul said.

Congress's Gaurav Gogoi said that his party had started the process of NRC under former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh but the objective was to find out how many are genuine Indian citizens and how many are intruders or illegal immigrants. "The BJP has failed the entire exercise. These people had voted for them and now they are being excluded," he said.

(Input credit: Hemanta Kumar Nath in Guwahati)