Since the final draft of India’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released in the state of Assam, there has been uproar all over the country – including in the two houses of Parliament. The opposition launched a full attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for alleged exclusion of Muslims.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, leader of the All India Trinamool Congress party, has vociferously attacked the process, terming it as a process for non-inclusion of Muslims, Bengalis and Biharis living in Assam. She even sent a party delegation to the state, which was detained at Silchar Airport by the state administration.