Ramaswami: The National Register of Citizens in Assam has been drawn up in a way that actually breaches the Citizenship Act of 1955. The NRC uses as its cut off point for citizenship midnight on March 24, 1971. But the Citizenship Act is absolutely explicit, it says every person born in India before July 1, 1987, in other words up to June 30, 1987, is a citizen by birth. And the Citizenship Act is the law of the land. Does not this mean that the NRC has violated the law?

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The National Register of Citizens in Assam has been drawn up in a way that actually breaches the Citizenship Act of 1955. The NRC uses as its cut off point for citizenship midnight on March 24, 1971. But the Citizenship Act is absolutely explicit, it says every person born in India before July 1, 1987, in other words up to June 30, 1987, is a citizen by birth. And the Citizenship Act is the law of the land. Does not this mean that the NRC has violated the law?