Chaos, Confusion In Assam As Citizens' List Deadline Nears

Thirty-year-old Rahimuddin and his elder brother Rabiul are worried as they walk in to the Nagrik Seva Kendra of their village in Goraimari, 70 km from Guwahati. Fourteen members of their family have failed to make it to the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on July 30.
The final NRC draft had listed 2.8 crore people, leaving out about 40 lakh applicants. The Supreme Court had fixed December 15 as the last day to submit "claims and objections". So far only about 10 lakh people have been able to do so. The objection phase has almost been a non-starter with less than 500 objections filed till now.
Rahimuddin is in a fix due to the complex standard operating procedure (SOP) for claims and objections set by the Supreme Court.
Rahimuddin and others in his family had applied using the legacy code of their father Musa Seikh. But during verification, it was found that they had used the legacy code of another Musa Seikh.

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