Nearly 2 million people have been left off a list of citizens released on Saturday in India's northeastern state of Assam, after a mammoth years-long exercise to check illegal immigration that critics said targeted the region's Muslim minority.
GUWAHATI, India — Nearly 2 million people have been left off a list of citizens released on Saturday in India's northeastern state of Assam, after a mammoth years-long exercise to check illegal immigration that critics said targeted the region's Muslim minority.
His close aide, Home Minister Amit Shah, has previously vowed to weed out illegal immigrants, calling them"termites." "Any person who is not satisfied with the outcome of the claims and objections can file an appeal before the foreigners' tribunals," Hajela said, adding that everyone had been given an adequate opportunity to be heard.
State officials say they do not know the eventual fate of those finally adjudged foreigners. Bangladesh has not committed to accepting them. Modi's government fully backs the citizenship project in Assam, and has often vowed to roll out a similar plan nationwide.
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