BJP will make strong pitch for NRC in poll-going states

The National Register of Citizens, once proposed to be specific to Assam and the Northeast, is now high on the agenda of the BJP’s state units.

Final NRC list out in Assam, over 19 lakh people ‘stateless’

Those left out of final NRC won’t be declared foreigners, clarifies govt.

It is significant that on completion of verification of all the applicants, the complete draft NRC was published on July 30, 2018.

Biggest consumer of agar oil is the oil-rich country of South East Asia. Hojai in Assam is the hub of agar oil distillation.

Most of the regional parties in the northeast are opposing the Bill, but not on the pretext of its being communally biased.